'Silence is golden' is well-known advice. It suggests that sometimes being silent is better than speaking, so it is wise to accept and follow it in many situations. But not always. Especially in relationships, not expressing one's own feelings may be the cause of serious problems, sometimes irreparable. You keep quiet today and don't make your feelings manifest to a person you care about. You do the same tomorrow and the following day. Little by little, one step at the time, a barrier is built between you and the other. You started believing that not saying how bad you felt about their behavior would keep the peace, would not cause a possibly bigger problem. But not speaking up, keeping your doubt, sorrow, pain shut inside yourself either creates a dangerous 'pressure', or dampens your love and caring till they disappear. And the relationship ends.
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