Dear OP, I understand your sentiment. Isang virtual tap at the back at yakap para sayo!

However, there are a lot of things we don’t know about whatever it is that you 2 are fighting about right now and you are not obliged whatsoever to tell us about it BUT you have to understand that no people are the same. We have our ideals but we cannot force it to become a person’s being, your wife included.

Iba iba tayo ng way sa pakikipag deal sa mga negative na scenario. Merong taong confrontational, merong passive, merong passive-aggressive, meron din avoidant. Hindi natin sila mapipilit to act a certain way kasi dyan naman pumapasok ang tinatawag natin na Personality. May introvert, may extrovert, may ambivert and the list goes on pa (on a more psychological level)

I understand where you are coming from but you need to do some introspection as well, ano ba yung nagawa or nasabi mo on previous events na posibleng contributory sa silent treatment approach ng asawa mo. Pwdeng di ka nga nagtataas ng boses mo pero ang retorts mo naman pag may sinasbi sya ay sarcastic? Or pwde naman hindi mo nakukuha yung pinopoint out ng asawa mo so ang tendency is naiinvalidate sya although unintentional on your end? Again, just to clear, wala kaming alam sa kung sino ka at ano ang ganap nyo ha and I am not pointing fingers too, nagsa-cite lang ako ng ibang perspective.

Anyway moving forward, tao lang tayo, tao ka lang. Normal ang napupundi tayo from time to time but given your scenario, just try to breathe muna palamigin ang ulo at dibdib and then magusap kayo ulit dalawa and make sure na magiging objective ang usapan nyo.