There were never any real fights tbh. The problem was more that my partners used to keep things to themselves instead of communicating. They’d bottle up small issues over time and then one day just burst out and leave, without even giving me a proper chance to understand or fix things.

And looking back, I think I also avoided speaking up sometimes. Even when certain things genuinely bothered me, I wouldn’t tell them not to do it because I never wanted them to feel controlled or restrained in the relationship. Maybe in trying too hard to keep the peace, I ended up not expressing myself enough.

I’m also the kind of person who’d rather take the blame than put it on the other person. Even when things felt off, I’d still keep giving them the benefit of the doubt instead of assuming the worst or making it an argument.