[An unreadable expression crosses her face at the arm comment.]

I wasn't "expecting him to parse" anything. I know he's an idiot, and we've had ten different arguments before where he didn't understand what my problem was and thought I was just picking a fight for no reason or because I didn't like anything he did. So this time I told him exactly what my problem was and what I needed from him. But he either didn't believe me or didn't want to give it to me.

Obviously I see the common threads. I just don't think it's an unreasonable expectation for people who supposedly care about me to listen to what I tell them, want to know what's important to me, and be concerned when I'm upset instead of annoyed.