She told me she was afraid to tell me.. she was scared.
This is par. I have never, ever even raised a hand to her. Although I am not a pacifist, I am not violent, and I have never hit anybody since I got into a fight in high school.
Yet my wife cannot sleep for fear that I am going to kill her in her sleep. I am not making this up, and she is not exaggerating her genuine fear.
