My co-founder is brilliant but makes decisions when he's anxious that he wouldn't make when he's calm and I've learned to manage around his moods instead of talking about it. We both know I'm doing this and it's making me resentful and him more anxious but acknowledging it feels like it would destroy the careful balance we've created.
More people experience this than they realize.
You keep quietly working around your partner's moods instead of talking about it, and it's wearing you down.
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