Yes I agree. She seems like a piece of work. Passive aggressiveness is the absolute worst type of communication and telling someone they're too sensitive when you react to them is the second IMO.

Snapping "Oh my god!!" when your partner is trying to actually share feelings/emotions in a healthy way is the sign of a person who has a hard time hearing anything that may be perceived as criticism...and if you can't take a discussion about a conflict, you're way too childish to be my spouse. Ugh.

Zack'sWeenis wrote:

I feel for Chelsea.  It's so hard to be a working mom with a baby at the beginning.  I have 3 year old twins and a 1 year old and I still say snotty passive aggressive things to my husband.  Like - when we both get home from work and I'm struggling to feed everyone dinner and he's texting on his phone so I say "Is there an emergency?  Who are you texting right now?"  I'm awful.  But sometimes I don't know how to communicate something without starting a whole long drawn out conversation  But she's probably super tired and stressed. I give her a pass. 

I agree with this, and also think it would be awful to hear your stuff aired/discussed on air for everyone to hear. Its bad enough when your SO discuss's stuff with friends and only one side comes through, imagine possibly all your friends/family and strangers hearing it? Makes me cringe
 

ChanelBag wrote:

Yeah I agree but it seems like it comes from both sides. The way Kenny made fun of Dr. Wider for talking about her mom- you're too old to be talking about your mom (or to be obsessed with your mom- I can't remember exactly). He completely lashed out in an odd way and then brought his wife into it so clearly that's something she does that bothers him and he made a passive aggressive comment about it to her. The whole exchange was rude and odd. I think they both speak to each other like that.

 

Great point!

Kenny seems jealous of the relationship Chelsea shares with her Mom-he's alluded to it several times. It's weird to me. I feel like he needs a lot of attention.

If my parents were told that no kids were allowed at a wedding when I was a kid, my parents' attitude would be totally different than Wider's. They would basically be like tough shit, you kids are staying home with a babysitter. Even if it were my aunt or uncle getting married. That's how my parents raised me. I honestly think that attitude benefits me a lot as an adult. I do not expect much from people and when things don't go my way, I usually get over it pretty quickly (generally).

Kicked_off_the_trampoline wrote:

If my parents were told that no kids were allowed at a wedding when I was a kid, my parents' attitude would be totally different than Wider's. They would basically be like tough shit, you kids are staying home with a babysitter. Even if it were my aunt or uncle getting married. That's how my parents raised me. I honestly think that attitude benefits me a lot as an adult. I do not expect much from people and when things don't go my way, I usually get over it pretty quickly (generally).

Same here. And not that my parents didn't (don't) love us, they were/are fantastic parents, but they would have used that night or trip to LIVE IT UP! The caller who said that it all stemmed from entitlement of parents and kids these days was entirely spot on. This is exactly her issue. I'm sorry, but Wider is nuts.

I'm on Chelsea's side.....Kenny mentioned he has spent the night in 48 hotels last year..... Whether he's working or not it's still an escape from the burden of a newborn/teething fussy baby..... While he's away she's the one waking up to feed, change baby.....no sleeping in on the weekends for her..... So yeah I'd probably say something passive aggressive, knowing my spouse spent the weekend having a great time (work related or not) in south beach...... It was his own fault (according to him) that he didn't get as much sleep as he should have..... I'm sure she would have loved to take a nap when he came home.... Instead he spent a few moments with them and went to bed......

So_Anyways wrote:

Yes, but communicating that without sarcastic undertones is respectful. "Joking" through the baby is just putting him on the defensive. You have to decide if you want to resolve the conflict and have your feelings heard...or if you just want to hurt your partner.

 
Maybe she's really tired and didn't have it in her to be respectful....maybe she tried the respectful route before and it got her nowhere.....we aren't in their marriage to know what she did or didn't do....we only received Kenny's side of it.....he wasn't bashing her but it was still a biased retelling of the events as its only his perspective.....maybe there were a sequence of events that happened that he wasn't aware of that led her towards going that route.....

Also I might be projecting....being the mother of infant twins I understand the feeling that the load of child rearing plus a full time work/school schedule is falling on the moms shoulders.