Excuses, Excuses
Quick definition, 'crazy-making': thinking, feeling and behavior designed to drive you mad. And what better way to drive you nuts, than barrage you with excuses? In fact, that's The Crazy-Making Husband's RULE #2: ALWAYS HAVE HANDY AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF EXCUSES. Your husband's barrage of excuses has the same objective as brainwashing: to 'break' you. Bent on convincing you that your reaction to his bad behavior is invalid and unfair, vigorously and relentlessly he hurls one excuse after another, until he just plain wears you out. As if this weren't enough to endure, embedded in his excuses are outrageous demands: [1] you must totally accept his failing to do what he was supposed to do [2] you must totally forgive him, and [3] you must totally relinquish your expectations of him. ...
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