Don’t Be His Fool, or His Doormat: Excuses Women Need to Stop Making For Men
I don’t want to add to his plate
So he’s got a busy life. He’s stressed about work. He’s got family drama. He’s got money problems. You can see that he has no more space for anybody else’s problems. Well, guess what? He better make space! You’re not just a bottomless pit that he can vent into. You have a full and stressful life of your own! Part of being in a relationship means knowing how to take on someone else’s life and wanting to hear about their problems and help them with them from time to time. He’s not your little 8-year-old boy home from school, stressed about what happened during recess and incapable of understanding your grownup problems. HE is a grownup! He needs to act like one and let you vent too and stop making you feel like you’re becoming a burden.
