The One Thing I Said to My Husband When He Behaved Badly and Outrageously

<p>I can&rsquo;t lie. At first, I had a predictable reaction when my husband began behaving outrageously. I &lsquo;reacted&rsquo; to his sudden and uncharacteristic drinking.</p> <p><strong>Ultimately, I got smarter.</strong></p> <p><em>I said only one thing to my husband.</em></p> <p><strong>But before I get to that one thing&hellip;</strong></p> <p>I&rsquo;ll share the pattern of predictable back-and-forth arguments between my husband and me. Some of them still shock me. They make me shake my head. Not only at my husband but at myself.</p> <p>And I&rsquo;ll share&hellip;</p> <h2>The 5 mistakes I made along the way.</h2> <p>Because somehow in situations like this, we tend to engage the badly behaving spouse.</p> <p>When it&rsquo;s the last thing we should ever attempt to do.</p> <p>The first time my husband got drunk and angry I hadn&rsquo;t been drinking. We had been at a friend&rsquo;s house and it was time to leave to attend a family party.</p> <p>There was no way I could take him to our nephew&rsquo;s birthday in the shape he was in. I pulled into our driveway and whispered to him because I didn&rsquo;t want our boys in the backseat to hear what I was saying.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/hello-love/the-one-thing-i-said-to-my-husband-when-he-behaved-badly-and-outrageously-f08a8151fed">Click Here</a></p>