How to Deal with a Controlling Wife

wifecontrolsI have a controlling wife who has no clue she is a controller. She is always frustrated with me. I could go on and on but I won’t. I’m in need of books to help either husbands of controlling wives or books on controllers and how to deal with their denial etc. Thank you.

Advice: Usually controllers marry someone who unconsciously wants someone else to make the decisions or has some dependency issues. A good book to start with is Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner. Controllers and controlees both have strong anger issues and this book will help sort some of those out. Write back after you have read the book.

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One Response to “How to Deal with a Controlling Wife”

  • Bear says:

    My wife has been accused of being willful over the years by her bosses at work, by nurses in the hospital when she had a stroke. Now I, her husband of 56 years am taking care of her and almost everything that she needs or must do for HER OWN WELFARE, she balks and won’t cooperate. she’s finally relented on many items only cause I’m tougher than she is , but that usually entails a battle of some kind. All this has to do with her rehabilitation, her food about which she is an impossibly picky person. However on the plus side, she’ll often cooperate with other people. Manytimes she’s said, “You’re not my father”, Any suggestions? Thanks

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