«Give me another bag—
Or they'll think: some woman…»
I handed him a different one.
He left.
Hmm…
For thirty minutes, I spiraled.
(Pretty sure only women understand this.)
Anyway, I thought — nope.
Not bottling this one up.
So I fired off a text:
"Who's going to think that?
Who are we even hiding from?
What do you mean, 'some woman'?"
Something along those lines.
Predictably… a quarrel:
— I’m sick of your crazy texts out of nowhere!
— And I… I’m really fed up with your secrets!
So once again we say goodbye forever.
— Stay well!
— Same to you!
Deep breath.
Exhale.
A few hours later… again:
— Why are you acting like a child?
— Because… (all the emotions I let pile up for a while…)
No, seriously —
don’t let things accumulate.
Speak it right away,
So you won’t blame yourself later
For making just a tiny molehill
out of a whole mountain.
**Scientific Footnote
Entropy & Communication
In thermodynamics, disorder grows without energy.
In relationships, resentment grows without words.
Unspoken words increase disorder until the system collapses.
Speaking up is the energy that restores balance.
Don’t shrink your mountain.
Don’t amplify yours entropy. 💪😜
Spot on! This is such a great example of how this plays out in real time.