The Relationship

I do not know too many guys that want to discuss "the relationship." It is never good news for the guy because that discussion usually revolves around something she thought he did wrong, allegedly did wrong, might do wrong, or is thinking about doing wrong. It is always, without fail, somehow the man's fault. In my 30+ years of being in relationships I have never figured out a way too successfully deal with the inevitable discussion about "the relationship." Other than throwing in a "Yes dear" at the seemingly appropriate time, I have never been able to come up with a strategy to "flip the script." Comments like "you cook like shit", "I am really tired of your parents", and "Do you think you could sit on your ass a little bit more" only seemed to add fuel to the fire. Somehow I am the one that is accused of not being able to take contructive criticism. Go figure.