Connubial Because with alarming accuracy she’d been identifying patterns I was unaware of—this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy in order to conceal how I felt— I knew I was in danger of being terribly understood.
After receiving USA citizenship, I have a hard time identifying as a citizen because the USA has an established history of mistreating me.
We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.