Today, my wife yelled at me for being a bastard and not caring about her needs. I felt like an asshole and apologized for everything. It took me a few hours to realize I'd basically just apologized for unknowingly hanging the toilet paper the "wrong way" for her OCD. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my girlfriend confronted me for forgetting to take the trash out. At some point during the argument, I tried to calm her down, and the words "I should of" escaped my lips. She spent the next ten minutes calling me stupid and laughing at how my grammar goes to hell when I'm distressed. FML
Today, my wife is upset at me for having to remind her of her responsibilities. She dropped the ball several times in the past, and she hates that I remind her to prepare for upcoming deadlines. FML
Today, I yelled at my girlfriend because I thought she'd thrown away an important form I needed to fill out. I found it a few minutes later, just stuck to the back of another piece of paper. After apologizing for getting mad, all she said was, "I'm used to it." FML
Today, my wife and I got into an argument. She ran out, yelling. Later, at work, I felt guilty, so I picked up some flowers and a card. When I presented them to her, she looked puzzled. I made the mistake of reminding her about our argument. She is now mad at me, again. FML
Today, I washed all the dishes and cups from the family dinner last night and put them away. When my wife saw, she had a mini OCD breakdown and yelled at me because the cups weren't lined up with each other with the handles aligned and the flower pictures facing out left. FML
Today, I cleaned up my dog's crap after my wife asked me. Five minutes later she yelled at me for being lazy as she slammed the door leaving for work. My dog had shat in the exact same spot, apparently to make me look stupid. FML
Today, I made the mistake of being competent at chores, so according to my wife I’m trying to show her up, because I don’t appreciate her contribution to the household, and I secretly think she’s useless, blah blah. I had a day off so I cleaned the kitchen and bathroom. Lock me up, I’m guilty. FML
Today, my wife yelled at me for putting away her rain coat and two sweaters that were hanging on the back of chairs. Because, “I was about to do that!” My mistake. They had only been there for a week. Ah, marital bliss. FML
Today, my wife blamed me for the washing machine breaking. When I told her it wasn’t me because I haven’t used it this week, she immediately changed direction and started blaming me for not doing enough around the house, which is utter bullshit. I know I do my share, I think she just wanted to fight. FML
Today, my wife put petrol in my diesel car and ruined the engine, I got a bit upset, but I wasn’t screaming or yelling or anything, but she flew completely off the handle at me at how I was putting all the blame on her and it wasn’t fair. I ended up apologising to her for her mistake. FML
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devildog562 33
Put the money in her wallet facing different directions. It's hilarious to watch .
foxwasalamb 24
for everyone saying "she has more problems than OCD" thats not even thinking about the wife. OCD is really hard, and its difficult once you notice something thats "wrong" to ignore it. if they talk about it and they both understand that A) the husband isnt doing it on purpose and B) OP realizes its OCD and she doesnt need to be upset at her husband, then everything should be okay. just takes patience and practice
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Crofty92 17
Over>Under
Liamj774 36
You guys didn't seem so flush, huh?
PresidentNorth 16
Brownie points for trying!
pjsr 33
Subtract brownie points for failing so miserably
PresidentNorth 16
I don't see you're witty pun..
howsthisforaname 34
Your. Sorry, had to, thats my OCD kicking in.
shelbycobra0991 8
Has she gone to counseling or sought any kind of help for her OCD? I was diagnosed with it two years ago, and though it majorly sucks and consumes a huge part of your life, you can't allow it to ruin your relationships with friends and family. Cognitive behavior therapy helped me a lot. Sometimes it takes a professional to make you realize how truly meaningless things like rolling the toilet the "wrong" way are in the bigger picture, though it might seem like the end of the world to someone with OCD. Best of luck to you, OP :)
MsKatieFace 11
I'm really pleased you've found something that works for you. Sad fact though, 20-40% of OCD sufferers make no improvement despite trying all forms of medical intervention, so it isn't always as easy as saying "Just go see a doctor/counselor".
howsthisforaname 34
It's always worth trying, sometimes it's about learning how to cope better rather that finding a cure, a friend of mine managed to reduce her anxiety connected to having OCD even though her symptoms didn't reduce.
absolutescrew 9
YOU MARRIED HER
weveallbeenthere 30
Oh my god you should be beaten within an inch of your life how dare you do that. I cannot believe this woman is still married to you. You are a Neanderthal.
Razell 13
You sound like a very patient man, OP. It's a good trait to have. That said, you don't have to put up with your wife's emotional and verbal abuse, and you need to put a stop to it as soon as possible - the longer you tolerate her bad behavior, the worse it will get. You need to tell her, in a very calm, but very firm tone, that you do not like being shouted at, that she will cease abusing you immediately and never do it again, and that she will get counseling and (if needed) medication for her psychiatric problems. Then find a good psychiatrist or psychologist, and make sure she goes to the appointments. Best of luck.
Brandi_Faith 34
I understand what you are saying and agree that Op should tell her that being yelled at over something like this is inappropriate. But in my opinion I wouldn't call this abuse. This seems more like an argument to me. Abuse, to me, is reserved for things a little more serious than this. If this happens every day then the term can come into place maybe, but I wouldn't call it abuse for a one time thing (that we know of). I only bring this up because I just think that word gets thrown around a bit too much and it seems like any boyfriend or girlfriend that doesn't like their ex seems to label them as "abusive."
Razell 13
I wouldn't characterize an interaction in which one party does all the yelling and the other party does all the apologising as an argument. That's a harangue. The gratuitous insults and overblown accusations are what make it abusive. An argument would be both sides presenting their reasons why the toilet paper should be one way or the other. On the one hand, the word "abuse" does get thrown around too much, partially because very few people will bother to dispute a woman's claims of having been abused by her husband, which makes it a "get out of relationship free" card for her, and gains her a lot of automatic sympathy. On the other hand, if she had OCD and he knows about it, then this is probably not the first time she's lashed out at him. I guarantee you that if a woman posted that her husband had yelled at her for being an insensitive bitch and not considering his needs, and she'd ended up apologising because he couldn't handle the toilet paper being the wrong way around, 90% of the people here would have said "Call the police and get out now before he starts beating you!" Whatever the case, for the sake of both OP and his wife, her behavior needs to stop immediately.
alliewillie 22
I'm thinking it's more than just OCD. That sounded a lot like the little innocent thing that just becomes the "last straw".
False_Stupidity 42
Can you have different degrees of OCD? I always feel compelled to reverse the roll to run over whenever my wife puts it on the wrong way (which is always), but I certainly don't take it as far as a shouting match or abuse.
jmcr 27
There are different degrees and its also how soon a person gets diagnosed and get the right kind of help plays a big factor as to how bad it gets. I was friends with someone who has OCD and depression in middle school to high school. She was on meds but she was still a wreck i stayed friends with her for two years before i had enough of her bit picking my personality. I feel like was a shitty friend that i gave up on her. Saw her again recently we are now juniors in college and she apologized for the shit she put me through. Now we are making plans to have dinner together sometime soon.
Arwen_Evenstar 37
There are levels, but it's also worth remembering most people have little obsessive traits. Whether with neatness, or volume on the TV being even numbers (very common), something having to be organised in a set way. It's only a disorder if it negatively effects your life, the term is overused and used incorrectly a lot. Hoarding is one manifestation of it too, so not everyone with it is also obsessed with cleaning and such either.
PresidentNorth 16
And you are what people call a "douchebag."
diving_fml 30
happy wife, happy life. just change it