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My wife refuses to ask me for help and gets angry when I don't notice she needs help. Is this my fault?

My wife is constantly getting angry with me when I don't notice that she needs my help. Every time she is doing laundry, she just sits in the bedroom whipping the clothes and giving me dirty looks. I get up and go help her, but she says that she doesn't need my help. I tell her that I would be more than willing to come and help her do the laundry if she would just simply ask "Can you please come help me with the laundry". She refuses to ever ask me for help, but would rather get angry with me until I learn to just help without being asked. I tell her that I don't want to help just to avoid her getting angry with me, I want to help because I love her. But that just made her more angry. Am I doing something wrong? Am I supposed to be a superhuman husband and know what's going on in my wife's head all the time?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It might help if you just sit down and talk to her, tell her lets talk about some things as I want a happy marriage and I sense a lot of anger from you toward me. Maybe she can suggest something. It is hard to read other peoples minds.....you are right in that feeling for sure!

  • 1 decade ago

    Just a guess here but sounds like she wants you to be on top of things...like why should she have to say anything in the first place you should know that the laundry needs to be done. This isn't exactly your fault she just is assuming that you should know the laundry needs to be done. Why don't you take the initiative and do the laundry first before the wife gets doing it... I bet this will solve the situation. BTW you sound like a nice man with a wife with a communication problem.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's called passive-aggressive behavior. I would suggest counseling for her anger management issues because it will not get better with time.

    Every family has to work out how chores are done. Laundry is one of the most thankless. People don't notice it as a chore unless they have no clean clothing. Consider helping her with part of the duty (collecting the clothing and bringing it to the washing area WHEN SHE NEEDS IT THERE). Folding stuff while watching the football game.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Okay, your wife seems a little bit passive aggressive to me, but I know from being a wife myself that sometimes it's nice if I don't have to ask for help and my husband takes some initiative in offering it. Yes, it seems perfectly clear that if someone desires help that they just ask for it... definitely easier. I'd just talk with her about it, tell her you'd like to help if she needs it but you don't know when she does. Once in awhile offer to help straight off the bat or do a load of laundry yourself when she's gone or doing something else. That could be something else that may be worsening the situation, there are a lot of things to do to keep a home running and cleaned up; pick a different chore like the dishes or vacuuming or sweeping or mopping and just get to it without saying anything.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ok, she is thinking why should she have to ask you? Does anyone ask her to do laundry? Nope! She knows it needs to be done just like cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids and going to work. My husband says the same thing. But the way I look at it if you see dishes that need to be washed or the garbage needs to be taken out you should do it because it needs to be done. Not because I asked you to do it. Do you go to work each day and just sit there and stare into space till your boss tells you want to do? I doubt it, you know what you are to do. Same thing as home lol Good Luck!!

  • boren
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    right this is strictly what you do.......... visit the gymnasium and get in shape. study each night rather of observing television. concentration on being the perfect at what you do at artwork. take care of a while so as which you're transforming into issues carried out and being efficient. And once you spot your spouse she would be waiting to work out a guy who's useful, happy, sturdy, and relaxing to be around. to not point out wholesome, eye-catching, and useful. and then once you do take place to spend time together with her, save it gentle and relaxing. purely ask her to dinner. purchase her a drink. See a action picture. Have some relaxing. regardless of you do, do not study into issues and don't concentration on what ought to take place the next day or next week. do not attempt to reason together with her, communicate your matters, or determine all your issues out in a unmarried conversaion. rather purely concentration on the right here and now and practice her how plenty relaxing the two considered one of you've gotten. practice her the guy you have replace into rather of begging her to return lower back to the guy that chased her away.

  • 1 decade ago

    Dear Superhuman,

    Sometimes women get grumpy and we lose the ability to ask for help. Sometimes we'd like our husband/fiance to offer help without having to pitch a fit.

    I do not like whipping the clothes. They often rebel by getting lost - ie your socks.

    I feel badly when I feel like I cannot do it all and you think I am SuperWoman. I am hurt that you cannot observe that I need help. All the same, sometimes I need to be asked if I need assistance.

    The clothes need you. I need you. The dishes in the sink are calling your name...

    Love,

    SuperWife ;)

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, you are supposed to read her mind. How long have you been married? How can you not know this?

    Don't wait for her to ask you to help. Next time walk over and say, "I'm helping. Tell me what to do." She should like that.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yep! Your faultfor not being a mind reader. Next time you are masterbating, get pissed about her not reading your mind and sucking your dick. Maybe she will get the hint.

  • 1 decade ago

    mate if she is doing something ..then she want you to be doing something as well.. best thing is to say your bizzy .. just now ..put the tv in the den .. so she cant see you .. mate ..just stay out of her way ..until she call you then you be right.. ok

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