How to Be a Good Wife to a Moody & Difficult Husband

Video Transcript

"We're working on our relationship skills and today we're going to be talking about how to deal with a moody and difficult husband, a script that might have been written for me. I'm Joe Cuenco with Family Resources and today we're going to be talking about the details of how to deal with somebody that's a little bit moody and sometimes a little bit difficult. I know for myself, the first thing I need is coffee in the morning. If I don't have that, then I'm going to be moody and somewhat difficult to deal with. What you really need to have a fundamental communication, a fundamental dialog to understand what's happening because there may be some little things that are causing some irritation, that, some behaviors that you might have. Little things, like leaving the toothpaste cap off or leaving lights one. Those can be little drivers that uncover more deep-rooted relationship issues, that need to be dealt with. I would suggest attending workshops as much as education workshops, relationship workshops to help you understand the real dynamics of how to build a satisfying and strong relationship. You really need to focus on the positives in a relationship's strengths and build from there. If your husband continues to be moody and difficult, then I would suggest having an inventory; talk about things where he can have some improvements, where the things he does well in a relationship. Appreciate him for that and put together an action plan, hopefully that he'll agree to. It's going to be a give and take relationship, or give and take perspective, for him to make these improvements so that he isn't moody or he isn't difficult to deal with. Each one of us has positives and negatives, and we need to understand that coming together is going to take communication, effort, but at the end of the day it is all very much worthwhile. That's how to deal with a moody and difficult husband. I'm Joe Cuenco with Family Resources, relationships for life."