“She only listens to me when I’m angry and we only talk about problems when she’s hurt.”
“Why don’t you tell her that?”
“Because when we try communicating with each other it ends in argument. I never really feel resolved about an issue.”
“Why not say something?”
“Because I’m scared to cause another argument. I just want to be happy with her.”
“To be happy you have to resolve the issue.”
“But I don’t want to run the risk of us not working because I can’t just deal with it.”
“Bottled up emotions eventually come out. It won’t work regardless if you can’t talk to each other without arguing.”
“I want to talk to her because I want it to work but it seems like the only time she listens is when I’m angry or when the words have negative connotation.”
“Elaborate.”
“Well when we last talked I tried to be as understanding as possible but I didn’t even get a chance to say how I felt about it before she shut down. But let me write something when I’m angry at her and she’s all ears. It feels rigged. I feel like I can’t win.”
“I would say talk about it but that seems impossible at this point.”
“It feels impossible. I wish I could go back to before when everything was fine.”
“Well you can’t so figure out what to do from here.”
“I don’t know what to do. I just want to talk to her.”
“Why don’t you tell her that?”
“Because when we try communicating with each other it ends in argument. I never really feel resolved about an issue.”
“Why not say something?”
“Because I’m scared to cause another argument. I just want to be happy with her.”
“To be happy you have to resolve the issue.”
“But I don’t want to run the risk of us not working because I can’t just deal with it.”
“Bottled up emotions eventually come out. It won’t work regardless if you can’t talk to each other without arguing.”
“I want to talk to her because I want it to work but it seems like the only time she listens is when I’m angry or when the words have negative connotation.”
“Elaborate.”
“Well when we last talked I tried to be as understanding as possible but I didn’t even get a chance to say how I felt about it before she shut down. But let me write something when I’m angry at her and she’s all ears. It feels rigged. I feel like I can’t win.”
“I would say talk about it but that seems impossible at this point.”
“It feels impossible. I wish I could go back to before when everything was fine.”
“Well you can’t so figure out what to do from here.”
“I don’t know what to do. I just want to talk to her.”
Trey Sherrod
