Sulking - how do you do it?

[Wombat]

Mrs Wombat doesn't but I do! not often but sometimes, generally when lacking in attention. It generaslly gets the desired response!

Nev

[Millymollymandy]

It is interesting reading this thread. I don't think that I sulk (although I am grumpy ) and my OH doesn't either! Sometimes we have 'words' and don't talk to each other for about 10 minutes though. But Milims first posting made me laugh so thanks Milims!

[shell]

i don`t sulk,but i do get into a right paddy and explode with a tirade of words after i detach myself from the ceiling i completly forget and go on as if it never happened,trouble is dh sulks and can send me back up to the ceiling luckily its a rare occasion,once a month roughly

[Milims]

My sulks tend to be situational rather than person based, so I guess really it's just taking a bit of time out to lick my wounds, put things into perspective and cheer my miserable face up!

[the.fee.fairy]

I must sulk like a bloke...i go really quiet and refuse to answer in anything but one word answers. Otherwise, i know that once i start ranting, i'll never stop!!

[JulieSherris]

Oh, I sulk..... probably BIG time!

It's usually when I have a 'good idea' that Andy won't go along with... I can see it's the best idea in the world, that it WILL work, it WILL save us money (in the long, long, run ) and he still refuses to play....

So, I stomp - I bark one word answers at him, I ask him if he wants coffee/sandwich/anything from the shop, but I purposefully don't make eye contact when I talk to him....

After a while, usually an hour or two, he aks me to explain my idea again to him.... and then he gives in...sulks over!!

Actually, thinking about it, there haven't been that many sulks, and the vast majority of my ideas have turned out for the best - ok, a few of them haven't, but so far, no harm done!

However, if we have a falling out over something that ends up with a row & it's really HIS fault, I handle my sulks by jumping in the car & going off without a word.... whatever the time of day or night (ok, thank goodness for 24hour T***o!) then I buy something naughty-like, chocolate, cream cake, new undies, whatever, and drive back home again to lock myself away for a few hours - after which he'll apologise & that's the end of that!

[snapdragon]

I don't understand what is this sulking about?
If I'm cross with things or people I'll go and do a bit of digging, pruning or hedge trimming to get it out of the system, never ride the bike cross though - way too dangerous.
If I feel the need to sit wrapped up in a blanket I'm ill or chill
Is it a disease? Are you born with it, or is it one of those things that parents encourage to get a bit of peace and quiet?

[oldfella]

Hit the ceiling, yell for two minutes, then ask if OH wants coffee. Not often we row cos I'm aways right ( I think to myself )

[Super.Niki]

Sulking is great, infact i'm sulking right now. Wanted to go to bed but my bed's got loads of stuff on it (washing, sweets, seeds, books etc, I ahve no base to my bed (thanks Landlady...) to it's kinda an extention to the floor, hence gets full of junk) as well as that there's dirty washing everywhere because I attempted to clear it up and doit 9by throwing it around my room then going off to find somthing more entertaining to do...) so when the bf wanted to go to bed (after i'd ooked dinner and he'd not offered to help clear up...) he wanders upstairs finds my bed and crawls in the duvet with his book, not clearing a flipping thing!!!

So, i ask him, can you give me a hand just moving some of this junk, "why?" he asks innocently looking round at the junk as if i can sleep under it, "so I can go to bed and not have to worry about it" I says, he looks blankly "well, it's too late and I'm tired and can't be bothered" he replies... so I start throwing things around and then move onto my pooter, add a word to a facebook scrabble game and then come on here to cheer myself up. We've still not spoken and I will be going to be silently... no nookie tonight. Grr... men...


yes... at the moment, it is a sulk. The worst part is my best sulks usually involve MY duvet, my bed or the sofa, a cup of hot chocolate a bag of giant dairy mink buttons and a bag of malteasers and atleast 4 or 5 episodes of Dr. Quinn (yes, including where The Heart is and the one where they get married...)...but I can't even do that! He's nicked the duvet, we're supposed to be on a diet (no choccy... ) and it's too late to put Dr Quinn on.... GGGRRRR!!!!!!!

rant over...

but sulking is the best cure...












and he's jsut turned the light off, without me even getting ready for bed.... ...... looks like I'm not the only one in a sulk!!!!!!

[JulieSherris]

Niki! You've made me giggle this morning - because I used to be just like this.....

Have a housework day - get those jobs done & tonight you'll have a lovely clear bed & be able to get in nice & early - go on, it'll be worth it...

[Thomzo]

My Ex could win the Olympic sulking match. I couldn't stand it and it used to end up in some right old shouting matches. I don't think I sulk as such. My memory is so bad that if I stopped talking to someone for a minute I'd forget I was doing it.

If I'm feeling a bit down then it's chocolate raisins, and a day on the sofa with a book and a cat. Usually cos I'm tired or falling for a cold rather than upset.

Cheers
Zoe

[the.fee.fairy]

Nik - kick him out! Tell him that its your bed and therefore you want to sulk in it! I would...

[Super.Niki]

it's ok, after lots of huffing and back-turning and I'm-ignoring-your-cuddles-ing we made up