“Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.” ~ Unknown
Dictionary.com – “tone” – a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: a tone of command.
Tone may be a woman thing, or it may simply be that my husband is oblivious. He rejects the whole idea of “tone.” It causes problems around here, though, more than anything else.
I get angry or hurt – a gut reaction – by something my husband says. My reaction is to clam up, avoiding him. My husband ignores it for most of the day while I try not to bite him in the leg. Finally we discuss it. I usually say something like, “It’s not what you SAID as much as your TONE.” After being married for a long time, I’m super-sensitive to his tone. He is adamant that he doesn’t have one. One of us is right.
We both know that this ‘discussion’ will probably continue until both of us are no more…
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