5 communication tips I wish I knew sooner👩‍❤️‍👨

Relationships take a lot of work to make them work.💭

🤎- A couple weeks ago I was having a deep conversation with my boyfriend and he told me that our communication seems to be one sided.

🤎- I love learning things about people so that means I like to ask a lot of questions, but I never knew that asking him so many questions made him feel like I was interviewing him😳

🤎-The whole time I asked him questions about himself, I didn’t talk about myself. I never made “I” statements throughout that hour and he brought that to my attention.

🤎-My boyfriend told me he wants me to tell him about my day, and, if I need to vent, I need to just talk about it all. He wants me to come to him with everything?! Like what?!!! That concept was hard for me to grasp.🗣️

🤎-I never realized I was doing all of this. By staying silent and staying a little more private with my day to day life, I was showing him that I didn’t trust him. However, I trust him A LOT!! I want him to think very highly of me and I have a fear of rejection, even though we’ve been dating for over a year!🤭

🤎-I have a fear of embarrassing myself in front of him, and yet, he has loved me through EVERYTHING!! He has loved me through so much. He has loved me through sickness, through allergic reactions, through family drama, through my own mental battles… so why haven’t I opened up about more? He has patience, gentleness, godliness, kindness, generosity, compassion… and yet I don’t know how to fully be vulnerable with him.

SOOOO…👇🏼

*These 5 tips are really helping me open up and be more transparent with the person I love the most.

I encourage you to try these things out if you’re also struggling to open up to your partner🩷

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