protocols · 2026-05-14
Why sorting things out in front of others is a double blow to the couple.
Case. The couple fights in front of friends and relatives and discusses conflicts with outsiders.
Model. The system’s internal logs leak out; involved spectators complicate recovery and undermine trust inside the couple.
Protocol. A rule: conflicts are solved inside the perimeter; a united front in public; the review is private.
Lesson. The more external participants in a fight, the harder it is to repair.
See Perimeter defense.
Case is synthetic and anonymized; any resemblance to real people is coincidental. Not therapy or legal advice.
When one side is overloaded with housework and the other “doesn’t notice”.
How not to let one’s illness become the loss of the couple.
When one needs it more often and the other less — with no “right” or “guilty”.
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