Dear Queenie,
My husband has a habit of touching me in “private” ways while we are talking. He doesn’t do this in public, but even so I don’t like it unless we are actually making love.
I’ve told him I don’t like it, but he still gets grabby.
Queenie, how can I get him to behave himself?—Fed up wife
Dear Wife,
He is “behaving himself,” just very inappropriately.
If he is getting older and this is a recent development, a visit to your family doctor, with necessary explanations, might be a good idea.
Couples counselling might help convince him to try to break this habit.
And I must confess, in your place I would be tempted to grab something sharp or heavy when he does this and jab/whack his hand with it, but I think (hope) I would be able to resist the temptation. After all, what if I missed his hand and ended up hitting myself?
