The Contract of Silence
Language: en
Husband has a toxic mouth. When I went on a business trip with a male boss, he texted: [Nice, remember to use protection.] Because I wrote one word wrong, he called me stupid as a pig. Even when I was giving birth, fainting from Contractions, husband still mocked in my ear: [What are you enjoying?] I had bitterness hard to say, people around comforted. "Men don't understand these, he is just a Typical Guy, says whatever comes to mind, don't take it to heart." I had to force myself not to care. Until the secretary beside him, during a negotiation, handed out blank paper as the…