"She's Driving, He's… in the Trunk?"

Let's talk about emotions in relationships. I just heard a saying that made me laugh out loud, and then immediately nodded in uncomfortable agreement:

"In relationships, the woman's emotions are driving the car, and the man's emotions are in the trunk."

Let's unpack this hilarious but uncomfortably accurate image.

Picture a couple in a car. She's gripping the wheel, blasting music, and talking passionately about something her sister said in 2015. She's swerving through feelings like a Formula 1 driver: joy, frustration, excitement, worry, love, all in under five minutes. She's alive. She's expressive. She's processing in real time.

Meanwhile, he's not in the passenger seat. Nope. His emotions are locked in the trunk like a hostage with duct tape over their mouth.

He's riding along silently, arms crossed, breathing through his nose like it's a boot camp training drill. You ask him how he feels. He grunts. Maybe he nods. His feelings are there, but you need a crowbar, a flashlight, and maybe a SWAT team to get them out.

This isn't about men not having emotions. Oh, we have them, deep, complex, and powerful ones. But culturally, many of us were taught to keep those feelings zipped up like an old duffel bag, only opening them in emergencies or when their team loses in overtime.

Women, on the other hand, were often raised to talk it out, feel it, share it, and express it. This is beautiful but can lead to the emotional equivalent of both feet on the go pedal while he's yelling from the trunk, "Slow down! I'm not ready to talk about my childhood yet!"

Humor aside, the key is getting those emotions out of the trunk and into the front seat. Maybe not behind the wheel right away, baby steps, but at least into the conversation.

Relationships work best when both people are present, not just physically but emotionally, ideally with seat belts on.

Is this story familiar?

Watch for the blind spots.

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