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Passive-aggressive spouse: Normal or Nuts?

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    Dr. Keith Ablow weighs in

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I don't -- -- were about to find out it's a question we asked back to -- dabble every week he's back again to answer your.

-- so much -- is -- welcome back.

Hey thanks Brian hello Gloria I'm doing good have not as good as this first emailers it's got -- -- neighbor.

He says quote it drives me crazy when my neighbors don't -- their messy overgrown lawn.

It makes me so angry I didn't invite them to my neighborhood pool party MI nuts to mind so much.

-- look you know what.

He likes to keep his launch rim likes to live with people who take care -- -- yes the only party this is normal.

The only part of this that's a little crazy is that all he does not invite him.

To the barbecue.

Maybe a pink fence would be nice.

And then he offered to take it that kind of they'll take care of their properties yet like an aggressive kind of response -- go right back -- -- and see how they like an absolute I'd like to LA the law of the jungle.

All right let's talk about I think I -- -- talk about relationships quote.

-- my wife doesn't get what you want -- throws my stuff out -- to -- me she shows anger towards me by reading the AC refusing to work cook and yelling a lot.

Is this normal what do you think.

She's crazy Bryan Wright like I don't know if it's bipolar -- -- and that's possible I guess there's a diagnosis but look she's abusive.

She's constantly threatening abandonment.

She apparently feels tremendously entitled she's got one good idea right the divorce.

That right.

I'll send a prescription I'll write it out for this guy.

-- with sounds like it on livable situation and by the way that email from Tim whose marriage -- allows -- clearly have some issues they got.

-- -- -- Constantly with the -- -- Hey let me tell you about this person is it different a different challenge.

This guy just retirees that retired after 36 busy years I'm rested but -- about very close to retirement behavior.

I avoid social context -- my days walking reading watching TV.

Are my permit patterns normal.

Well they're all too normal right they are all -- normal after retirement.

People tend to do this right -- they become a bit like -- but I'll tell you.

I like to tell people it takes an emotional giant to live and unstructured like we rely on each other from momentum -- This is somebody who's -- get an activity and soon or you gonna need somebody like me.

Gotcha and that's okay too we -- -- somebody talked to it as the beginning of getting socialized again.

Back to keep tableau that solar activity and what -- -- -- drive professional judgment you couldn't be more normal.

Thank you appreciate that -- go to help other people and they have a great week we lost.