Misunderstanding leading to arguments from "summary" of The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
It's not that we can't communicate. It's that we've been communicating for too long. We've reached that point where we assume that we know what the other person is going to say before they even open their mouth. And so we stop listening. We stop paying attention to the nuances and the shifts in tone that actually convey the true meaning behind the words. It's a dangerous game we play, this guessing. Because more often than not, we guess wrong. We misinterpret a word, a phrase, a gesture, and suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of an argument that neither of us saw coming. And the worst part is, neither of us knows how to stop it. We're too stubborn, too proud to admit that maybe, just maybe, we got it wrong. And so we dig our heels in, we raise our voices, we hurl accusations back and forth like weapons in a battle that neither of us can win. And all the while, the real iss...
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