Did you really just say that?
What a complete turn-off it is to hear someone rant and rave about how great they are! Don’t they realize that sometimes it’s really NOT about them! I can’t stand it when they are not involved in a conversation, so all of a sudden the conversation HAS to change in order to be about them.
Need I say more?
My husband is the biggest culprit, and it is such a turn-off and he just doesn’t get it. Then he wonders why my mood changes. Of course this isn’t even close to being the first time.
One time I was in a group conversation with him in a circle and he just sort of stepped in front of me causing me to be pushed out of the circle so the attention was focused on him (at least that’s how I took it). How rude! On top of that, I don’t think he even realizes that he does these types of things.
Just the other day my parents and I were discussing my son’s flag football game and basketball game. This is the first time my husband is coaching my son (flag football), and it’s been an interesting season. Anyway, I was telling my parents how well he played and how I was impressed with this one play they did, where he was the quarterback and maneuvered around the defense rushing him and did a jump pass for a completion to his teammate. Even the other coach yelled to my son that it was a great pass. Well, within this conversation my husband chose to butt in and tell everyone (just my parents and myself) that HE made my son great. I couldn’t believe it, my son has been playing for several years now and this was the very first time that he ever coached him. He has been a quarterback and receiver for all of his other flag teams too, so this certainly wasn’t his first time, and I don’t know that I would ever refer to anyone as GREAT.
Why does it have to be about him?!?!?!
On another occasion we had company over from church and school. I happen to coach their older daughter in basketball and my son is in the same grade as their son. So, we happen to be talking about school and basketball and apparently my husband got annoyed. He actually left the dining room for at least 30 minutes before I decided to go check on him, because every. He was laying on the bed, just laying there. I couldn’t believe it. He was mad because he felt the conversation didn’t include him. I was completely embarrassed because of his dissappearance and his behavior. How am I supposed to explain that?
This is my second marriage, he’s 12 years older than I am, I thought he would be more mature than my ex-husband, I guess I was a bit mistaken.
So, how do you handle an EGO like this?
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