176. The Truth She Isn’t Ready to Give

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I notice it not because he says something wrong, but because he doesn’t. Roman listens too well.

Not the polite kind of listening people perform when they’re waiting for their turn to speak. This is different. His attention doesn’t wander. He doesn’t interrupt, doesn’t correct, doesn’t soften what I say with reassurances meant to make him feel better. He lets my words exist exactly as they are and that unsettles me. Why? Because there ...