Blessing Egan

A woman can be crying out for connection, but the world will still ask her to serve more, give more, reduce herself more, and “manage” more… like her husband is the fragile one who needs protection. This kind of conditioning buries women under invisible guilt.

This mindset didn’t start today. It’s rooted in something deeper. Something cultural. Something we don’t speak about often.

Not every silent man is an uncaring man. Some are hurting. Some are scared. Some are tired of failing in their own eyes. And some… simply don’t know how to let someone into their internal storm.

Some men think their wallet is enough to substitute their presence, their leadership, their empathy, their effort. But marriage does not run on alert tones.

Some men are not unemotional… they are wounded. They are scared. They are trained to be silent.

Don’t marry early, marry ready. Marry with self-awareness. Marry emotional maturity. Marry because you’ve become, not because you’re pressed.

“Had I known” shouldn’t be your reality in marriage when you have me who is ahead of you.

Every silence when they actually wanted to be held. Every time they say, “I get it” instead of “I need you.

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