Are there hints of emotional abuse?

My husband and I were on our way to church the other morning. He had went to a seminar the day before on cherishing your wife. He was explaining to me what he had learned and what he liked/didn’t like.

And almost out of nowhere he goes ‘If anyone else found out how crazy you were, no other man would ever want to be with you’. (Not in quotes because it was along those lines, however I clearly remember him saying “no man would ever want to be with you”).

So I kind of just sit there for a minute. And I explain to him that he made sort of a hurtful comment. And he goes “well I meant that no other man would love you more than I do”. And I explain to him that what he said, is much different than what he thought he was saying.

So, while he had the opportunity to say “oh yeah, my bad”, he goes off on a tangent about how crazy I am. And how it wouldn’t be attractive to any other guy.

Its not that I’m looking to be with any other guy. It was just more the fact that he made it sound like I was hopeless without him. Like I was just this small woman that was worthless without him.

He’s very good at shooting down my confidence and making me feel like he’s the only one that can ‘handle’ me. When I try to bring up things that bother me, he’s only waiting for his turn to respond. He does not listen to what I have to say.

Do you think this is emotional abuse? Let me hear your thoughts.