The following steps could help prevent his next incident of abuse, in a way that apologies cannot: Giving you some extended room to be angry about what he did, rather than telling you that you’ve been angry too long or trying to stuff your angry feelings back down your throat Listening well to your perspective without interrupting, making excuses, or blaming his actions on you Making amends for anything he did, for example, by picking up anything that he threw, admitting to friends that he lied about you, or telling the children that his behavior was unacceptable and wasn’t your fault Making
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