8. “I’m having a hard enough time dealing with my own life.”
“I thought supporting each other through the tough times is what people in love do.” A man will have a hard time understanding why you didn’t look to him for support. But if you let him know that when you’re concentrating on something you end up being absorbed in that activity and that you need the time to devote yourself to that purpose, it’ll probably be easier to get him to understand.