DEAR DEIDRE: IT is hardly surprising I feel like a doormat when my wife walks all over me.
I am 35 and a quiet man. My wife is 33. We have been married for three years. She is lovely but she rules the roost.
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I always end up going along with whatever she wants for a quiet life.
I feel weak and disrespected because I always give in.
But if I don’t, she erupts, becomes angry and makes threats to get her own way.
I know this is learned behaviour because her mum is exactly the same way with her dad. I have had enough but I don’t know how to stand up for myself.
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