When Your Husband Talks Back

Brattiness comes in waves and almost never out of nowhere. Most often it’s one of three things: you haven’t had attention in a while, you’re in the first wave of denial, or you’re testing whether she holds the line. None of these reasons get said out loud — what comes out is a barb.

Know what’s really happening: you’re not rebelling, you’re asking. Asking to be noticed and put back in your place.