Today I came home to my wife acting grumpy, down and miserable. She complains of aches and pains all the time. She used her mother voice to inform me of the correct way to defrost meat in the microwave. I looked her in the eye and told her that I know how to thaw meat. I also told her that I did not appreciate being talked down to like a child. I maintained frame, used a neutral tone, but that made her loose it. She went on about how I have been walking around the house with this high and mighty attitude lately and how it was going to stop. I simply told her that I don't know what your talking about. I have been in a good mood and really feel good about myself. She was in front of me walking down the hall when I as I said this. She stopped and elbowed me as hard as she could and said she was not putting up with it any more. I turned her around and said it is not ok to elbow me like that and if that is the kind of husband you want I am not him. Then I went to the basement.

Is this normal behavior? I have read a ton of posts on here but none relate very well to the female striking out physically. Where do I go from here?? What happens when I go back up stairs?