I agree to a point. I differentiate between "cooling off periods that serve as each party needing some space VS. "The silent treatment" that is used in a vindictive way. If it is used over something petty or worldly with a sense of irrationality then to me that is an indicator to end things with a girl I'm dating or a friendship. The silent treatment is a powerful tool, but the trick is to study how a person uses it, not the method itself. To be frank, it indicates how sensitive and effort it will be being with that person. Is that sensitivity going to affect them as a parent? Do unsolved issues cause emotion to seep out in other ways.
Sorry if the thread has moved on from this. But wanted to say that you obviously haven't gotten over these issues cos you're both still bringing them up 3yrs later. They're both so silly lies and not worth thinking about let alone 3yrs down the line. What are you guys going to be like when you have some serious stuff to deal with? If something like this can knock you guys over then you have to question if your relationship is built on firm foundations imo. peace
Lol yeah hre came around. The"] Hmm. I wonder what he would say about that. I mean if it truly works, then it works and all is well. But what I see time and time again is women using the cold shoulder and the "doghouse" method entirely too often. They use it because it's effective. Most chumps will bow their head in compliance in the name of the all mighty vagina. They'll do it for a while, maybe a year maybe 10 years. But eventually any man with an ounce of pride is going to grow resentment because the women they love is treating him subhuman, or he's just straight up gonna break all at once. Either way it's ugly, but it happens every day all day in every city town and homestead.