Just wondering after a conversation I had with husband this morning. I am currently studying for an MA, am very behind and have a big deadline coming up. We have a caravan on a site down in Cornwall, and he suggested I go down there for a couple of nights with the dog, to try and bang out my work.
Whilst I absolutely appreciated him saying this, I took a little while to think about it. As I needed to think about how I would look after myself in a largely deserted (due to the time of year) caravan park, it getting dark around 6:30pm, and walking the dog after dark etc. I wasn't catastrophising, more just generally thinking about safety and logistics which I think we all do automatically.
When I tried to explain this to him, he was a bit baffled as he has just been down there with a bunch of his friends and found it fine. He struggled to understand what I was worried about.
He acknowledged he didn't get it, and to be honest I struggled to explain it, as it's just a thing isn't it?
I should add, that he genuinely tries to understand, and he really wants to, if nothing else for our two daughters (5&4). He kind of gets the gender critical stance, and agrees with me regarding that, but struggles to understand why I go on about it so much.
I guess I'm asking is 'the fear' something that can ever be understood by a man?
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MattDillonsEyebrows · 28/09/2021 13:16
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