I talked smack to my girlfriends, my mom, my co-workers. All. The. Time. “Can you believe he didn’t do this?” and “Why in God’s name did he do THAT?”
I used to meet my ex wife’s co workers, and they would usually look at me like “Gee, you don’t look like a one eyed monster!”. She walked, after 19 years of marriage. I gave her a year to come back, unconditionally, but she did not. The only small measure of comfort I got, was after three years, she told me it was the biggest mistake, of her life. Unfortunately, I stopped looking out the rear view mirror, 18 months earlier, and it was for naught :(
It should come as no surprise when attractive young married women get hit on when they do their hubby complaining in public. It is a irresistible call for “side action” a lot of guys capitalize on....
One rule I have always stuck to is never speaking ill of my husband to ANYone. No matter how mad I am. He deserves my respect and loyalty and to be publically run down is the worst thing I can imagine. Thanks to God’s grace we are about to celebrate 29 years together.