The phrase every time deserves checking before it becomes the center of your complaint.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Absolute words feel accurate in the middle of frustration and are almost never true. Saying that someone always does this or never does that shifts the subject from an event to a character, and the other person now has to defend their whole self instead of discussing Tuesday. They will also find the counterexample, because there usually is one, and the real grievance disappears into an argument about arithmetic.

Before you raise something this week, check the word. Describe the two occasions you can actually name, and let those two carry the point on their own.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Would your complaint shrink if you counted the times it happened?

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