our old tablet had almost no space left. i was deleting unused apps when she asked me not to touch a particular companion app. i said i'd leave it alone, but then discovered the downloads folder contained gigabytes of saved chats and images
she panicked when i suggested backing the files up and moving them. she said losing those conversations would feel like losing years of memories. i finally understood this wasn't casual entertainment for her
i told her i wouldn't delete anything without permission, and asked why she had never told me the attachment had become so important. she said she expected me to mock it
we backed up the conversations and talked about what the relationship meant to each of us. the tablet has space again. the marriage is a more complicated repair