The saddest part about choosing silence is realizing that even after the anger fades, even though you want to explain what really hurts you, they still don't understand.
In the end, you're still the one who is wrong, because you didn't say the problem right away. They don't even try to listen, because in their eyes, you weren't right to begin with. And so, little by little, you stop speaking — not because you have nothing to say, but because the pain of being unheard hurts more than the silence itself.