Picture your current argument one week from now. Still worth the silent treatment?

In the middle of a disagreement the stakes feel permanent, and the silence afterwards can easily outlast anyone’s memory of what started it. Most arguments shrink quickly once they are out of the hour they happened in. Travelling a few days forward in your head is a fast way to see the real size of the thing.

Ask whether you will still care about this next Thursday. If not, be the one who speaks first and let it end there. If you will, then it deserves an actual conversation rather than a cold week.