Monday, 7 April 2025

In a strop.

Steve is always in a strop.

He never goes to the garden, to the summer house or into town but that he arrives home  annoyed and ranting. Someone has said something or done something that has upset him.

It must be exhausting, it certainly is for me.

He used to go to a stroke club to aid his recovery,  he was told many times that his continual complaints were unfair, especially to me. He solved that problem, he stopped attending!

I mostly ignore him, I've tried occasionally to help him with a problem but it doesn't help, he just finds something else to complain about.

He's just gone to the summer house, I pretended to be asleep. I shall chill on the sofa and watch an episode of Endeavour!

4 comments:

Sue said...

I hope you get to enjoy a full episode before he returns with fresh rantings.

flis said...

He sounds like my husband - Mine is the same when he returns from lidl with his sweets chocolate biscuits etc - This has become so predictable that as soon as I see him on the cctv camera or hear him I busy myself elsewhere - Someone apparently has infuriated him - I don't want to be involved now - Only half hour ago he came indoors after an afternoon gardening - He was fine earlier - He looks odd and his mood is black - I suggested that if he didn't calm down I shall call N H S helpline for advice - I did before and they emailed his Dr - This seems to help oddly and normality resumes x

Ellen D. said...

It sounds so difficult for you but I'm glad you have found ways to cope and work around his rantings.

kate steeper said...

bless. i have a meeting at the job centre Monday and we will be interviewed separately, hes not to good at the moment so it could be interesting

Hanging on by a thread.

To my sanity that is. I have a twitch in my left eye, a sure sign in stressed. Steve won't wear his hearing aids in the flat as he think...