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Radical Honesty
Part of 11/17

r husband that she resented him not simply turning the game off. Just articulating that proved liberating – it made her realize that 30 years ago her father had done the same thing as David had. Without allowing herself to get properly angry she’d never have made that breakthrough.
Sometimes anger is less reasonable than Anne’s. Is it reasonable to resent parents for aging or babies for making a noise? Not really. They can’t really help those things after all. But you might still get angry anyway and you have to allow yourself to feel what you feel. Don’t let moralism tell you otherwise.
Repressing anger is dangerous and it can destroy relationships. Don’t let it. Instead just tell the truth.
Telling the truth – the whole truth – is vital for any relationship.
The author has been married five times and people sometimes joke to him that four failed marriages hardly make it look like he knows what makes for a successful relationship.
But he argues that actually it does. Not only