“Emotionally Immature”

Once the veil was pulled back, I started to see it all more clearly.
Not just the affairs and the lies—but the deep, emotional immaturity beneath it all.

He couldn’t handle conflict, so he shut down.
He couldn’t take accountability, so he blamed me.
He couldn’t regulate his emotions, so he controlled mine.
He wore the mask of a grown man, but emotionally, he was stunted. Wounded. And unwilling to grow.

The silence wasn’t strength—it was avoidance.
The gaslighting wasn’t confusion—it was manipulation.
And the coldness wasn’t mystery—it was cruelty dressed in emotional cowardice.

“Emotionally immature men don’t communicate—they punish with silence.
They don’t take responsibility—they twist your reality.
What you thought was love… was you doing all the emotional labor.”
— Carlin, Crazy-Maker: The Silent Abuse That Almost Broke Me