My wife is having severe issues with interacting with me when it comes to cleaning. I do clean on my own and even am usually open to doing additional work when asked. However, she has an issue with things being cleaned her way and with no questions. For example, today we were cleaning the house and she decided to womansplain how simple green needs to be rinsed off and can't be the only cleaner for a floor. I already intended on doing that so I waited calmly as she explained and then replied "I know, thank you." No sass, no attitude, no tonal changes. The right thing to do, or so I thought.

She get agitated, and says "don't get mad", and when I point out that I'm not and she's the agitated one and how I'm still just cleaning, she stomps off into the room and cries.

She comes out and asks me to stop getting mad, mind you I'm still cleaning and intentionally being very calm. So I ask her what I did? What set her off? She scoffs and goes back into the room and cries some more.


Finally, she comes out and asks for a hug and tells me she doesn't want to talk about it anymore, also that "she was wrong and how it's all her fault". I've been married before, I know a trap when I hear one so I shut up and let her leave back into the room again.

Now I'm waiting for the floor to dry and then I'll finish up the frontroom.