Thanks for reading! I don't know about "vulnerability," but it was more than a little humbling to share the "I'm a jerk who talks right over my husband" bit.

It can be very hard to break in on conversations between firmly established "besties" and I'm glad you were able to switch your accommodation!

That's a good question--whatever the term for "having to beg someone to join a conversation" is--that's what we might have to term my spouse but again, only under the right circumstances. (He is very quiet around my family.) "Noncontributor"? "Quiet By Choice"?