Stephen DunnConnubialBecause with alarming accuracy she’d been identifying patterns I was unaware of–this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy in order to conceal how I felt– I knew I was in danger of being terribly understood.
About This Quote
The word "conjugal" means "related by marriage." In this quote, the speaker is warning a spouse that she is beginning to recognize his behaviors and habits as a way to conceal his true feelings. He knows he has been hiding his emotions from her for a long time because she has been able to identify the patterns of interaction between them. It is because of these patterns that he can now be understood.
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