I feel for him , practically a carbon copy of my wife . Thing is I get ornery and stand my ground .She's a piece of work. I don't want to make it sound like she's evil. She's not. I could list many good things about her. But she does not realize she is the primary cause of his stress by her insistence on controlling him. He has to watch every little thing he says and does or she loses it. And you never know how she will lose it. She'll cry, she'll yell, she'll give him the silent treatment, she'll belittle him. And then when he just shuts his mouth and avoids her she puts it in another gear. Like I say, I could never live with her (and I call her my friend).