AND miscommunication is honestly SOOOOO common in real life relationships. It's just that we're outsiders looking in, so everything seems obvious to us. Like when someone vents about their relationship and we're like, 'just communicate' or 'just leave him' it's so easy to say when your not the one emotionally involved. There's history, attachment, fear, pride, insecurities, and so many feelings getting in the way. Sometimes people genuinely don't know how to express themselves. And as readers, we get to see the whole picture, while the characters are just trying to figure things out from their own limited perspectives. It's really not that simple.
AND miscommunication is honestly SOOOOO common in real life relationships. It's just that we're outsiders looking in, so everything seems obvious to us. Like when someone vents about their relationship and we're like, 'just communicate' or 'just leave him' it's so easy to say when your not the one emotionally involved. There's history, attachment, fear, pride, insecurities, and so many feelings getting in the way. Sometimes people genuinely don't know how to express themselves. And as readers, we get to see the whole picture, while the characters are just trying to figure things out from their own limited perspectives. It's really not that simple.