What a man actually remembers is the woman who did not lose herself just because he became unavailable. The woman who stayed warm, but did not become weak. Calm, but not clueless. Loving, but not available for tiny games played by grown adults. Because there is a difference between being peaceful and being passive. A regulated woman is not the woman who tolerates everything with a smile. A regulated woman knows how to hold herself when someone else acts confused. And that makes her very hard to forget.
