‘It is always better to know for sure,’ he said, an obvious, somewhat idiotic statement to which I did not respond.
Patrick deWitt • The Sisters Brothers
“Okay. Fine. But maybe next time call me an imbecile when I’m not in front of your girlfriend, would that work for you? ”
Mariana Zapata • Kulti
My husband and I have a rule, never talk down about each other in public.
No passive-aggressive jokes. No "put-downs."
Your partner is either your cheerleader or toxic.
Codie Sanchezx.comShe attempts a joke, about whose turn it is to refill the office coffee pot – who is the wife? He does not respond to the banter as he ordinarily would, but fixes her with a look, patient, undefended. And it is this that convinces her there is something more, something very real underneath the silence. The unspeakable is always louder than declarat
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