No one has the right to measure the extension or dept of someone else's trauma but the person living it themselves. Because we all experience things differently. What could be absurd to you could be traumatic for someone else and vice versa.
Their relationship is so toxic it physically hurts. I really fail to see how this is going to "work out". I hope they don't work out actually. I'm so curious too see how the author is going to work their magic on this one.
Ig saying "thank you for the bday present" or like just thank you was too hard for him to say