Truth #2. If there’s something going on—there will be multiple thoughts to “read”
The ramification of all the processing going on in the brain of your wife or girlfriend is that if you want to read her mind, you’re not just going to be reading just one thing. This is something that often trips men up when, for example, they try to diagnose “What’s wrong?” (Why is she mad? All I said was it would be better to not fuss about Kayla, since she might be better by morning anyway.)
You may be trying to get to one “root issue” (Is she worried about paying for the doctor if Kayla gets worse?) and need to realize: there are probably several factors swirling around in your wife’s mind. They may be all intertwined. And that leads to a surprisingly simple way to both understand what those things are and to make her feel loved rather than frustrated.