# Am I Wrong? Critical of SO's behavior

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-critical-of-sos-behavior/293540>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-critical-of-sos-behavior/293540 "2005-03-08T16:03:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-critical-of-sos-behavior/293540/61 "2005-03-10T17:09:09Z")

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> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#):
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> \<snip\>The larger issue of him being respectful to other people doesn’t seem to have been resolved, but it’s not a problem that occurs very often.  
> \<snip\> Oh, he’s also chalked it up to me PMSing (how is he always right about when that is happening aside from the giant monthly red spot on my face?)  
> \<snip\>

Blaming things on PMS is not fair ball in my house - I don’t do it, and neither does my husband. Nobody gets carte blanche on their behaviour because it’s _that time of the month_.

The issue of his being respectful to other people would be a big issue to me, but your mileage may be varying.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-critical-of-sos-behavior/293540/62 "2005-03-10T17:27:32Z")

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> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#):
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> Oh, he’s also chalked it up to me PMSing…

Wait a second–he’s blaming _his_ bad behavior on _you_? And on a physiological state you were in, at that? I would _not_ be happy with this if I were you. In fact, I would very much be not happy with this if I were you.

Even if you were a complete emotional wreck at the time, that’s no excuse for him to be behaving like a child. Look–if you had a whiny, miserable kid with you whose snivelling was _seriously getting on everyone’s nerves_, or if the car broke down in the middle of nowhere in truly terrible weather, would that give your husband license to throw a tantrum? No, of course not. Having you, his wife, with him doesn’t excuse him from civilized behavior, either.

I would not take this as a good sign.

But, as **featherlou** pointed out–YMM (and perhaps does) V.

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