Faith
I'm really just not going to ask, but I can imagine, and that was out of his control you know, something that he couldn't fix, something that he couldn't stop. And much as he's always hated that, imagine it when all he'd heard for months was that he was the only one who could fix everything and all he had to do was keep doing what I said to.
...You can, I mean if you want, again. I said I'd give you one free swing without retaliation. How about two? Would it help?. This one can be purely from the girlfriend point of view. You could even be typical and go for the slap.