
Idk, to me this is so real. It's not surprising that the younger partner who's (very obviously) spread entirely too thin got easily upset and poorly worded his worries. Yes he worded that very poorly, but we see that he immediately realizes how terrible his word choice was because his real concern, from what we've seen in the past, is not being able to protect his partner from people who could end up being bad people. It's not a fear he can necessarily do anything about other than trust his partner to tell him if something ever DOES happen if he isn't there.
On the flip side, the other partner, aggravated at trying to avoid the jealously, feels limited in his social life (which has dwindled due to having kids) and so he calls out his partner for his childish behaviors (when we know from like 3 panels above that these bouts of immaturity are normally overshadowed by how often he sees his partner sacrifice his own youth for favoring his kids and his partner's wellbeing).
Relationships have speedbumps. The way they're addressing these slow build issues is so true to life.
Screaming sobbing gags because I'm sobbing so hard, throws up.