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The Passive-Aggressive Punch: The Silent Code of Anger In The Coupledom

The Passive-Aggressive Punch: The Silent Code of Anger In The Coupledom

By Jill Edelman . 11:28 am

Jill is taking a break from the blog this week. Here is one of her most popular posts from the past year or so.

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Withholding: A common form of passive-aggressive behavior is withholding: sex, affection, information, conversation. Someone in the Coupledom stops chatting, sharing details of family life; someone refrains from conveying essential data such as appointments, social events, school open houses, soccer games; someone “forgets” to share news about changes at work, relative illnesses……

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The Passive-Aggressive Punch: The Silent Code of Anger In The Coupledom

© Jill Edelman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. 2011

Conflict, Most Popular, passive-aggressive, Sex and Intimacy, The Coupledom

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