Unlike most women, I don't use the "I'm fine [life sucks]" method, because it just ends with internal anguish. My best friend is my bro and if I feel s*** I just tell him and then he gives me ice-cream and we watch TV together. Much easier.
you ever thought that maybe the reason guys say they're fine when they're not, or they're not mad when they are, is because the second they show any semblance of emotion they're writen off as weepy little boys that probably just have to buck up.
THANK YOU. Or when they say like "Calm down, okay?" And I'm like, "Look, I'm calm, I'm just expressing emotion. I'm about to lose my shit only because you told me to calm down."
Gives me a chance to fix it