It’s going to ruin our marriage because I can’t take any more.
Evidently, your husband can control his anger when he does not want to upset other people. And he is under the common but disastrous mistake of believing that he need not exhibit such manners at home.
I was shocked and uncertain of how to respond. Did I do something wrong, or did she? Is every invitation to a married person assumed to include the spouse?But you doubtless said, “Would you like to go to the ballet with me?” And that is a problem of the English language, where “you” is both singular and plural. Trying to make the distinction has led to the use of the colloquial “you all” and the often misapplied “you guys.
Next time, Miss Manners suggests that you open with, “I have an extra ticket.” You can still say it in this case: “Oh, I’d love to see Zach another time, but I have only one extra ticket.”I’m in my mid-60s and am encountering more and more situations where friends and family repeat the same stories.
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