QFT. +1sodbuster said:they will be your kids when it's time to pay the orthodontist...but when you give them hell for wrecking your stuff...."you can't yell at MY kids"
What do you do when you're in a leaky rowboat? BAIL
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.