just let it sink down to some spot where it wouldn’t get in the way. Not because I thought his way should win, even though now—looking back—it seems like it always did. But more because . . . it was like the difference between my day going smoothly or everything turning into a total mess.” “I get it,” Norma said. “I think we all do that in all relationships. But when we’re with someone who’s easily upset, we tend to do it to an abnormal degree.”
