Honey, You’re Embarrassing Me!

Tuesday, 10 September 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The Wall Street Journal has some advice for dealing with an embarrassing spouse in today’s paper. Psychologists say it’s pretty normal to wince occasionally at what your significant other is saying because they are seen as an extension of you. It’s only a serious problem when it happens chronically and is accompanied by fighting. And according to experts, there isn’t just one way to be embarrassed—there’s about four. From “reflective” embarrassment, when your spouse does something you find gauche, like raising their voice angrily in public, to “targeted” embarrassment, when one partner does something to intentionally embarrass the other.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal