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“Why did you punch the steering wheel?”

“If I break something or hurt myself then I can focus on that instead of what had me so mad.”

“That’s what cutters do – people who cut themselves.”

Shelly had made lunch for me and her two daughters. The littlest one was in some plastic seat thing next to her while she spoon fed the baby homemade mango mush mixed with oatmeal. The food ran down the little babies face. Shelly caught it in the spoon and put it back in the babies mouth. I ate my hot dog. The two and a half year old ate hers.

Shelly said, “Women release a hormone that calms them when they talk about things. They did studies on the brain and men don’t release that.”

“Talking makes me madder. As soon as I broke the steering wheel I felt better.”

“Is that really the best way to handle the stress though?”

“When I was little, like 9 or 10, I’d stab holes in the wall with my jackknife. So my Mom asked me to punch the pillow instead.”

“That doesn’t work,” Shelly said. “It doesn’t have the same feeling. I wanted to punch the closet door yesterday because of her.”

We looked at her oldest, who held Big Bunny in one hand and ate with the other.

“She made me so mad. I didn’t because I thought I’d cut myself. It’s scary for the kids, too.”

“I want those hormones,” I said.