8. Summarize your point by saying, “Just listen to this one thing.”
“Rather than carrying on and on, if she makes it short, it makes me want to listen.” If you limit it to “just one thing,” your boyfriend should be more willing to listen. It is fine to summarize everything you want in one statement, but it may be best to say only what you most want to convey by saying, “I don’t want things to get any worse.”