Mike Melton explains why men go silent: not from coldness, but as a coping strategy to avoid falling apart, saying something they can't take back, or letting stress damage the household. Silence is the control they feel they have left.
When a man gets quiet, people think he's just being distant. Sometimes he's not distant. Sometimes he's just trying not to damn fall apart. He's trying not to say something that he just can't take back. Trying not to bring the stress into the house. So before you call him cold or black-hearted, understand something. Some men go silent because silence is the only control that they got left.
