Mike's wife, lynne, resents him going drinking with his friend asher. whenever this subject comes up, mike makes comments like "what can you do if i go drinking with asher? " and "what are you going to do about it? " mike's behavior illustratesa. sabotage. b. defensiveness. c. belligerence. d. stonewalling.

c. belligerence.

Explanation:

Belligerence: The term belligerence is defined as a natural constitution or temperament to be aggressive or hostile, argumentative, or agonistic, attitude. The belligerent people often tend to fight easily with no such necessity and are aggressive towards the other person. They often lose temper and can get into any quarrel, behavior towards the other is not humble and pleasant.

In the question above, Mike's behavior illustrates belligerence.

if your boyfriend is cheating on you, my best advice to you is to dump him, he's only going to drag you down. and if you do, don't fret there's plenty better that know how to treat a person right. i mean honestly, the whole point of a romantic relationship is love, and if you love someone you aren't going to cheat on them. i do believe in second chances, but why would he cheat in the first place? i personally feel that if someone cheats, they ruin any chance they wanted/had with you. i wish you the best of luck with this, hang in there.