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The love we fail to share is the only pain we live with.

The love we fail to share is the only pain we live with.    My partner and I have had one major issue lingering over us for many years.   We both have been so confused and hurt that we withdrew from the topic completely both feeling afraid of the other.   Wounded and confused by the others actions we had a truce of no communication around it.  But a truce is nothing more than pain put on hold.     Being afraid to talk to your partner about a topic can be very painful and if it lasts it can wear deeply on a relationship.     My partner decided to broach the subject with me and kept repeating that he wanted to bridge this gap.   I noticed my brain kept wanting to defend that truth.   For years I believed something different.   As I listened to the commitment from my partner something snapped.   But it took 24 hours to process the change.     I had lived in this topic for so long believing I was a victim to a lie.   My partner was just afraid.   And I couldn’t see i