Sorry to ruin your day but a relationship that can be ruined by simply having a conversation about your feelings, emotions, or expectations was never a stable relationship to begin with.
Girls will suffer unearthly tragedies and still actually run errands the same day with a smile on their face but if a man's parents divorce when he is 12 he will unleash his wrath on the world for the rest of his life
there's nothing more embarrassing than looking back at a relationship with someone and seeing all the ways you settled. all the times you begged for attention, a text back, a phone call, a date, reassurance. all of those things should be a given.