Letters to the Editor
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Passive Aggressive
I find it strange that the "nagging" wives are being referred to as passive aggressive in this thread. My mother, who in many ways is a "surrendered" wife, is possbily the most passive aggressive person I've ever met. When our oven door broke she asked my father for a new oven, and when he refused, she said, "That's fine" and let the oven door fall off (he bought a new oven when he realized she couldn't bake for him). When he made a wrong turn on our way to the aiport once, she tried to correct him and he said he knew where he was going, so she let him drive 25 miles in the wrong direction, realize his mistake, then get to the airport late. When her brother died and she wanted to go to his funeral (out of country), my father said no, and my mother told him, "It's ok, I have many brothers and sisters and can't go home everytime one of them dies." Then she wrote out Christmas cards to his entire family. Her philosophy seems to be let him be as wrong as he wants to be.
And me? I'm just going to stay out of it all.