pbt458 Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 My spouse is an extremely impatient person. He/she (just so there is no gender bias, I'm not revealing my gender) has a tendency to do the following: 1) Whenever we're walking together (shopping, sightseeing, hiking, etc), if I stop (for any reason), my spouse walks ahead. 2) When we're dining out together, when we finish dining and get up to leave, my spouse walks ahead of me to exit the restaurant instead of waiting at the table for me to get ready to leave. 3) My spouse hurries me when I'm doing something delicate or something that requires special attention such that the distraction of being hurried can cause something to go amiss. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to deal with impatient people.
whichwayisup Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Tell him/her how it makes you feel when he/she does this continually. Maybe he/she is clueless and has no idea how rude it is to do that. How it comes off and makes you feel bad, let alone probably bugs you that he/she is so impatient. I say, lay it all out in the open and have a talk about these issues.
Enema Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Have you talked to your husband about this?
TaraMaiden Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 Quite, Enema.... It's not impatience, it's a control thing. You see him as impatient. He sees this as taking control of the situation and subtly making you do what he wants you to do. The simple answer is, to not follow his lead. You have a mind, body and brain of your own, don't you? Use them.
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