Me and my SO have been together for a while now, she's a relatively good catch compared to most women these days, but she's still a woman, and one who has allowed herself to take certain liberties with me at times.

I've been reading TRP for quite some time now and our relationship has improved drastically in this time, along with her general bitchiness. But, alas, she is still human and still finds herself talking to me like dirt.

I don't ever take it, but I still feel I may handle it the wrong way. Too often I engage her and her behavior, which I feel still validates it in some way, thus why it keeps happening. How do I make it very clear that her behavior is not on without being too explicit, or getting too angry? I do have an issue with anger and this fuels my responses too often.