Clear communication is the key...

One things I have learned over the years is that if your communication with others is not clear, then your message will never get across.

In the past four years I have been experiencing a problem of clear communication. It seems no matter how slowly and simply I state my concerns, feelings and wishes, it never seems to get me anywhere with the person I share my life with currently. I say currently since I have many family and friends who are unsure why I stay in this situation that seems so hopelessly doomed.

Whether it is out of fear of what else is out there or just having fallen into a comfortable discontent, I think the one aspect that frustrated me more than anything else is the lack of clear communication between us. To me the lack of consideration for things I have said comes across as a disrespect for me on a very basic level. To him I think the lack of communication is a lack of understanding on my part of him.

Either way, the fundamental of improving our communication remains. Whether we eventually go out separate ways or stay together, if we do not correct how we communicate with each other, I am in for a very unhappy existence.