@mythicsynth: She packed the bags. She picked the couch. She waited for him to walk through that door and fall apart. He offered to carry them to the car. Most men see the bags and immediately start negotiating. They drop to their knees. They say please. They turn her exit into their emergency and hand her every bit of power she was looking for when she started packing. We already understood what the bags meant before she said a word. She did not find somewhere else to stay overnight. She made a decision. And the only appropriate response to a decision that was already made was to make ours just as clearly. Do you need help to the car is not cruelty. It is a man who refuses to perform the reaction she packed those bags to produce. She came prepared for begging. We came prepared to help her leave. #mensmentalhealth #thedoctrine #masculinity #selfrespect #finality