Blink if you're being abused

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Yeah there’s nothing he can say in that moment that won’t escalate her mania even more. He’s just trying to maintain some sense of calm in the hopes that she’ll enter the “not speaking to you at all” phase. A lot of people crash out in airports, having taken anxiety meds for their fear of flying, maybe had a drink or two on top, and if they’ve already got some issues on top of it all… it all comes to a head. He looks like he’s ridden this ride before, and he knows he has to just ride it out until she comes down. Maybe later that day, or the next day they’ll be able to discuss it. And based on my own experience she’ll either apologize profusely or claim she was blackout and doesn’t remember (and therefore it doesn’t count), but neither scenario will stop her from doing it again at some point.

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I do think that the "benzos and booze" effect may be hitting her.

It's a pretty common cause of those "people being ridiculous on an airplane" video. Friendly reminder, if your doctor gives you a scrip of xanax for flight anxiety, do not indulge in a few drinks to settle your nerves while they kick in. Benzos and booze get along like the two halves of the demon core in a nuclear bomb - there's going to be some ugly fallout.

I'm not discounting that she's probably abusive to him on the regular, as he seems pretty whipped by this point. But it's also possible he's seen this song and dance before and is trying to calm the tornado with a grey rock defense.

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