If you want to discuss something controversial with your SO, or break bad news to them, or you need to make any other negative speech or actions, then first make sure that they (and you) have recently eaten. Low blood-sugar makes people cranky, irrational and more inclined to anger.

It won’t make your bad news any less bad, but it will make it more likely that their reaction is their real one instead of the product of them being hangry (that’s a real word, now one of my favourites). So if it does start a fight, the fight won’t be nearly as bad, and who knows? Perhaps they’ll be more inclined to see things your way if their blood-sugar levels are as they should be. Or not, but you will also have normal blood-sugar levels, so you will both be able to negotiate a compromise that suits you both.

In case the question changes, the one I answered was: “What are some relationship hacks that actually are worth learning?”