communication
being an adult in any sort of relationship (especially romantic) is hard.
the hardest part is in knowing exactly how someone else feels and that person knowing how you feel. wouldnt the world be incredible if i could help you empathize with me and i could empathize with you? the experiment of if you could really “know” a person.
my parents are without a doubt difficult to live with. but i love them to death and i want them to know their sacrifice for me has meant everything to me. i would spend the rest of my life paying them back for what they did for me, without question.
honestly, its not even that my parents are hard to live with, its just my mom. my mom is pretty stubborn (at times) and things have to be her way. if you argue with her enough, she’ll relent, but you can see the disappointment in her eyes. sometimes it feels like shell ask you to do something easy in the hardest way just to see if youll listen to her.
in romantic or potential romantic relationships its even harder. youre trying so hard to please the other person, you hope that you dont mess anything up. you may say yes when you mean no, you might agree to something but your face betrays you, or, you may be completely honest but the person has no idea what to think. the smallest movements or tones can be the difference.
i need to be better about it. i thought i was a good communicator. but i dont think i am any more. there are subliminal aspects to communication i had never considered before.
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw
36 - 04/04/2025