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Asking Eric: I Don’t Want to Steal My Husband’s Joy, but His Loud, Off-Key Singing Needs to Stop
The wife struggles with her husband's loud singing rooted in family tradition, causing ongoing marital tension and auditory discomfort, while seeking mutual respect and compromise.
- The speaker wrote to Eric on 2025-09-04 about their husband singing loudly and off-key to songs in movies, commercials, and the car, causing distress at home.
- This issue developed over years as the husband’s family praises his voice, while the speaker increasingly dislikes music and finds the singing overstimulating and painful.
- The speaker has tried to express how the singing disrupts their moment and causes ear pain, but the husband takes offense and insists he has perfect pitch, worsening discord.
- The speaker expresses feelings of guilt and frustration over not wanting their personal boundaries crossed in this manner while still wishing to love and respect their partner.
- The speaker is advised to seek communication, compromise, possibly consult a doctor about sensory overload, and consider using noise-canceling earbuds to address overwhelming auditory input.
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Asking Eric: My husband’s loud singing is like nails on a chalkboard
DEAR ERIC: My husband sings at the top of his lungs to any song that is playing in a movie or a commercial or in the car or otherwise. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me. I’ve tried telling him, but he takes offense. He tells me everyone tells him he has perfect pitch (he doesn’t), and it has come down to serious discord at times.
·New Jersey, United States
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Asking Eric: I don’t want to steal my husband’s joy, but his loud, off-key singing needs to stop
Dear Eric: My husband sings at the top of his lungs to any song that is playing in a movie or a commercial or in the car or otherwise. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me. I’ve tried telling him, but he takes offense. He tells me everyone tells him he has perfect pitch (he doesn’t), and it has come down to serious discord at times.
·Portland, United States
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution72% Center
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