Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We went to friends' house to watch the Oscars, and had a great time, but my husband doesn't like people talking at all when he's watching something, and I could see he was irritated a few times and he said so today.  He cannot stand much distraction, and it's a handicap for him in social situations.  He tries, but I don't think it's going to change.  He is generally so anxious that little things throw him off.  I don't explain him to others, that would be insulting, and I myself no longer become irritated.  It's a challenge and a burden for him, but others are doing nothing wrong.  I'd love to be able to lift this stress from him, but it doesn't work that way.  So I am a witness to his struggle, a sympathetic one, but I've learned not to take responsibility for it.  I never push him to do social events, so that when he does it's his decision.  I do a lot of socializing without him, and he's okay with that, though for him it brings up his struggle.  His agreeing to go last night was an act of courage, and I told him so.  That is right speech:  that witnessing and acknowledging.