Your spouse is not a mind reader. Learn to use words to communicate nicely and effectively in order to avoid wild guesses and its attendant troubles and heartaches.
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” – Proverbs 25: 11
“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” – Matthew 12: 37
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” – James 1: 19