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The Secondary Gain of Silent Agreements
A silent agreement is an expectation that the other person will read your mind. It sets us up for disappointment, but it also sets our partner up to feel bad about not doing a thing they didn't read our mind to do. So these unexpressed expectations set everyone up to fail. They set you up to be frustrated, but they also set the other person up to feel like a jerk even though they haven't really done anything wrong.