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The Daily Ascent Molly Carmel What You're Craving
Operation Podcast
Ep. 188 | The Real Reason You Keep Score With the People You Love
11 minutes Posted Jul 22, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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I'm staying with friends whose older dog resource guards. We kept the food and toys put away, and he was still growling at my dog over nothing. 

So I read about it late into the night and learned there's a third thing dogs guard: closeness. The person they love. And I recognized it, because I've felt that same quiet math start up at a dinner table when an old friend of mine pulled up a chair for a newer one. 

This is an episode about why we keep score with the people we love, and what the fear is actually telling us. 

Question to carry into your day:
Where are you keeping score, as if there isn't enough love to go around?

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