I admire your extreme patience. I live by the rule though that it is better to make peace than to keep it. Sometimes you can’t make peace until you take action. Keeping peace just requires you do pretty much nothing but put up with it.

Secondly a husband should stand by his wife. I have not been on my mom’s best side from time to time because I can see her grinding her teeth and I know I have to say something. It doesn’t need to be a fight, just draw some boundaries together, let the first infraction slide and then most of the time that is all it takes.

On the other hand my therapist tells me that I cause fights because I don’t let the small things go. I guess that makes everything else I said bad advice so don’t listen to me ☺