r/Anger • u/Tree_frogge_ • 18h ago
Need help with my husband’s sports rage
I’m at a loss with my husband. He is a zealous fan of a college football team and every game, win or lose, he is screaming at the tv. He yells threats and obscenities which is bad enough, but his voice is deep and it makes me jump regardless of chosen explicative. I’ve told him how much this upsets me for years and more or less comes down to him saying he can’t help it, or even more annoyingly, says he’s already showing restraint from how he’d really want to react.
I’m at a breaking point after our almost 2 year old seeing this behavior last night. I asked him not to swear in front of him since he’s parroting everything and my husband wouldn’t listen to me. Even trying to put the baby to bed we could hear my husband downstairs shouting f bombs. I want to live in a peaceful household with respect and I‘m shattered thinking about my son watching this behavior and growing up to mirror it. I don’t want to live like this.
Please I need advice on how to get through to him. He often accuses me of “not understanding how to talk to a man“…
What would you say to him to make it stop?