How to respond to passive aggressive insults, being laughed at, or disrespected?
I’m dealing with people in my life who appear kind and like good people to everyone else but if they’re dealing with me they turn into evil monsters.
It’s two people. One will throw at least one passive aggressive insult at me like implying I’m not as clean as other people in our group. Or look at me and my husband pointedly and say “money isn’t everything” because my husband works a job where he travels 35% of the time and owns a business. I told these people once that they did something that was hurtful and they laughed in my face. Later they said my reason for being hurt was pathetic and immature. If my husband is around they will talk with him and treat him like a normal person. If I’m around with him they’re civil but if my husband isn’t around they ignore me purposely.
I never know what to say with something passive aggressive is said to me, because they will say they didn’t mean what I think they meant and they’ll end up getting more angry at me and it gets awkward. They have said they have lost respect for me but can’t tell me why. And when I repeat that back to them, “you said you don’t respect me” they slap back with “i didn’t say that”
I have to deal with these people 2 times a year and I’m tired of letting them treat me this way. They’re starting to make fun of my oldest child to get at me.