Great bonding brings couples together, but it doesn’t keep them glued as one. Instead, unresolved disagreements and small irritants pile up to dissolve the glue and cover a relationship with rubbish. It smothers from the accumulation of irritants of which these offend men:
- Embarrass him in public
- Make him appear insignificant or treat him that way
- Elevate kids over father or especially over him as husband
- Show disloyal spirit toward him
- Threaten, remind, or present him with sexual infidelity
- Nag him beyond what he calls nagging (A nagatha per Mrs. Guy)
- Challenge him as family CEO in front of others
- Fail to provide what he expects as normal routine
- Boss him around in what he considers his castle
- Belittle him especially before the kids or friends
- Withhold sex without health or physical reason
- Manipulate him
- Harp on his weaknesses
- Reproach him before others
- Groom carelessly such that his attention on her fades
- Favor masculine vs. feminine appearances
- Use feminist themes to get her way
- Show unexpected immodesty
- Show disrespect for him
- Show her lack of or reduced self-respect
- Overspend against his will
- Reflect indifference to his sexual performance
- Distance herself from close association with him
- Make her interests dictate his behavior
- Present him with her problems that defy his solutions
I’m not qualified to compile a list for women. If some deal-breaking irritants for women are sent to me, I’ll provide editorial treatment and publish them as if women need to be told.
It’s precisely this sort of conduct that SOURED me on the idea of marriage. Now that my sex drive has all but died, I no longer care. All I know is that I don’t have some nagging, man-hating, disrespectful harpy doing her level best to make me miserable. I have peace and quiet in my life, things most married guys would KILL to have….