Someone you love is about to lose it on you. Their voice rises, their face changes, and every nerve in your body screams the same word: defend.

Most men treat a loved one's big emotions like a grease fire. Smother it. Cut the oxygen. Get it to stop before it spreads. But the explosion was never the real problem. Every strong emotion is pointing at something that person loves, something they believe is under threat. Shut it down, and you confirm their worst fear, that nobody is listening. So they get louder. You get more defensive. The distance between you hardens into something neither of you meant to build.

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