[Rather than answering, he extends one arm, not quite offering a hug exactly, but at least putting forth the suggestion that there's physical comfort he's willing to offer along with his words. Maybe that's not surprising; neither one of them is very good at talking about things like this, and he's always been better with tangible expressions of emotion, anyway.
Maybe that just emphasizes how very much he does want to offer that comfort, that he doesn't have much confidence in his ability to do it properly through words alone.]
I don't think you're ignoring it. If you were, you'd be insisting...refusing to hear otherwise. Doubting yourself too much to accept anything else.
...I make you promise not to let me forget things all the time. That doesn't mean I don't believe you when you do say them. It just means...sometimes I need to hear them a lot. Maybe you're the same way, about this.
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[Rather than answering, he extends one arm, not quite offering a hug exactly, but at least putting forth the suggestion that there's physical comfort he's willing to offer along with his words. Maybe that's not surprising; neither one of them is very good at talking about things like this, and he's always been better with tangible expressions of emotion, anyway.
Maybe that just emphasizes how very much he does want to offer that comfort, that he doesn't have much confidence in his ability to do it properly through words alone.]
I don't think you're ignoring it. If you were, you'd be insisting...refusing to hear otherwise. Doubting yourself too much to accept anything else.
...I make you promise not to let me forget things all the time. That doesn't mean I don't believe you when you do say them. It just means...sometimes I need to hear them a lot. Maybe you're the same way, about this.