I said maybe.

On one hand, I want her to understand my feeling and maybe feel a little empathy about it and, yeah, it would be nice to feel protected for once.

On the other handnn I really need her to be willing to challenge me and tell me the hard things and that would be harder if she did feel protective.

I guess I'm leaning towards no. I knoq i can handle tough stuff on my own and, really, no one can protect anyone from anything. Life happens and there's no stopping it.