403. Conflict Avoidance: Why Normal Conversations Feel Like a Fight (and How to Tell the Difference)

Podcast: Relationships Made Easy · Dr. Abby Medcalf

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

A couple years ago I was at Baskin-Robbins with my Gen Z kids, and when my milkshake came out so thick it was basically still ice cream, I asked the young woman behind the counter to thin it out. I asked nicely; there was nobody waiting in line, and I even tipped her extra, but my kids were horrified that I'd asked, and they looked at me like I'd just flipped over a table and screamed at her. I was shocked, and my first thought was, talk about conflict avoidance on steroids, but this shouldn't even be called conflict...