A Quote by Mallory Ortberg

If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you create a situation where they think everything is fine, continue with the offending behavior, while you build up a secret reservoir of resentment that will eventually come pouring out, to their shock.

Mallory Ortberg

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Mallory Ortberg
Born: November 28, 1986

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It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

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