Grumpy Husband at the End of the Day? Here’s How to Change That

Give Him A Buffer Zone

If he’s thinking about work, or calls from work, or mentally writing up his to-do list for the next day on the drive home, when he walks in the door it’s almost impossible to transition gracefully to thinking and talking with you without a buffer zone of mental space. Every guy is different, and some need more transition time than others, but a lot of men mentioned at least thirty minutes as being necessary to let the work day leak out of their brain before they could talk well with their wife. Talk it over with your man—you could even do a few test runs—to find out how much time will give him the buffer he needs before he can truly “arrive” at home.