Over time, every relationship amasses a set of conventions, vocabulary, and straight-up lore. Hotwords that inflame specific nostalgia. Inside jokes. Preposterous slang. This history, of everything said, is the canvas on which you jointly paint every conversation. It shapes all that is said afterward, and it tints how it’s understood.
And then there is the unsaid. This is your invitation to approach the unsaid corners.
Over time, every relationship also amasses a swelling of dark matter; all the things left unsaid. In your closest relationships, what are the things you don’t talk about? What are the conversations you have thought about, but never had? What is unsaid?
Before you blurt, there are things to consider. Like what are the reasons those things are unsaid? What emotions come up? What would happen if you revealed yourself? But sometimes it’s best not to worry about conversations before you’ve had them.
There are perhaps, valid reasons to avoid certain rooms in the manor. But it lea…
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