#communicate with your partner

[popcorn-plots]

having Wong thoughts once more (I am always having Wong thoughts)

But also. Stephen and Wong getting into a fight over something and Wong ends up in a bar after removing himself from the situation before it can escalate.

Stephen finds him later, a beer bottle in his hands, just. Staring at it. It's half empty, so Stephen knows Wong drunk a little. He goes inside and sits next to Wong. It's a quiet bar, before all the night clubbers trickle in. Neither of them says anything.

Wong takes a sip of his beer and starts talking about how his best friend growing up had been abused by an alcoholic father. The father regularly beat his wife and kids, Wong's friend often staying at his house.

Wong takes another sip. Tells Stephen that he's never had more than one bottle at a time, and only in certain circumstances. That even though magic can purge the body and keep Wong clear-headed, he refuses to get flat out drunk after seeing what it did to his friend's family.

Wong finishes his story and after a few minutes, Stephen finally speaks in a soft voice.

"I'm scared too."

Wong nods. He takes a sip. Hands the bottle to Stephen. Stephen takes a sip and they sit there in silence. Finally, Wong reaches over and gently grabs Stephen's hand, running his thumb over an old, faded scar. He takes a deep breath.

"I am... sorry. For yelling at you."

Stephen swallowed. "I'm... I'm sorry too. That I didn't think it through."

Wong snorts. "You never do."

Stephen smiles and lays his head on Wong's shoulder. They're okay.

[honeymoonersonly]

The Art of Communication: Strengthening Your Bond with Your Boyfriend

 Communication is the secret ingredient that spices up any relationship, especially when it comes to our beloved boyfriends. But let's be real: finding the right words and deciphering those unspoken messages can sometimes feel like navigating a maze! That's why we're here today – to unravel the mysteries of communication and help you strengthen your bond with your boyfriend. Get ready to unlock the power of effective dialogue, decode unsaid emotions, and discover the art of connecting on a deeper level. Buckle up for an enlightening journey towards building a stronger, more fulfilling relationship through mastering "The Art of Communication"!

Why Communication Is Important in Relationships

It’s no secret that communication is important in any relationship. After all, how can you expect to have a strong bond with your boyfriend if you can’t communicate effectively with him?

Unfortunately, many women make the mistake of thinking that communication is only about talking. While it’s true that you need to be able to express yourself verbally, communication is so much more than just words. It’s about understanding each other’s needs and feelings, and it’s about finding ways to connect on a deeper level.

Here are some tips on how to improve communication with your boyfriend:

1. Listen more than you talk. This may seem like an obvious one, but it’s worth repeating. In order to truly understand your boyfriend, you need to take the time to listen to what he has to say. Don’t just wait for your turn to speak – really pay attention to what he’s saying and how he’s saying it.

2. Ask questions. If you want to get to know your boyfriend better, ask him questions about himself – his likes and dislikes, his hopes and dreams, etc. Not only will this help you learn more about him, but it will also show him that you are interested in him and care about what he has to say.

3. Be honest with each other. One of the most important aspects of communication is honesty.

Listening and Understanding

In order to truly communicate with your partner, it is important to not only listen to what they are saying, but also to try and understand the message they are trying to communicate. This can be a difficult task, as we all come from different backgrounds and have our own individual ways of communicating. However, by making an effort to see things from your partner's perspective and really listen to what they are saying, you can strengthen your bond with them and improve your communication overall.

It can be easy to get caught up in our own thoughts and opinions, but in order to truly communicate with our partners, it is essential that we take the time to really listen to what they are saying. Try and put yourself in their shoes, and see things from their perspective. It may be helpful to ask questions about what they are saying, in order to ensure that you are understanding them correctly. And most importantly, don't forget to show them that you care about what they are saying by giving them your full attention.

How to Talk About Difficult Topics

It can be difficult to talk about difficult topics with your boyfriend, but it is important to do so in order to strengthen your bond. Here are some tips on how to talk about difficult topics:

1. Choose a time when both of you are relaxed and have some time to talk. Avoid trying to have these conversations when you're both tired or stressed.

2. Start by sharing your own thoughts and feelings on the topic. This will help your boyfriend feel more comfortable sharing his own thoughts and feelings.

3. Avoid getting defensive or argumentative. If either of you start to feel defensive, take a break from the conversation and come back to it later.

4. Be honest with each other. It's okay to disagree, but try to avoid being judgmental or critical of each other's opinions.

5. Listen carefully to what your boyfriend has to say. Repeat back what you've heard him say to make sure you understand his perspective.

6. Try to compromise if you can't agree on something. remember that you're both entitled to your own opinions and that it's okay to agree to disagree on some things.

Making Time for Each Other

In any relationship, it's important to make time for each other. In today's busy world, that can be difficult to do. But if you want your relationship to thrive, it's essential to find ways to connect with your partner on a regular basis.

There are a number of things you can do to make time for each other. One is to schedule regular date nights. This gives you both time to focus on each other without the distractions of work or everyday life. Another idea is to set aside some time each week to talk about things that are important to you. This can be anything from your hopes and dreams to what's going on in your life at the moment.

It's also important to find little ways to connect throughout the day. This could be something as simple as sending a text message or email just to say hi. Or perhaps you could write a note and leave it where your partner will find it. These small gestures can go a long way in keeping the bond between you strong.

Conclusion

Communication is one of the most important aspects of a relationship, and it can play a major role in strengthening your bond with your boyfriend. By learning how to express yourself more effectively and actively listening to what he has to say, you can create an atmosphere where both parties feel heard and respected. Whether you're looking for ways to deepen your connection or spice up conversations that have grown stale, these tips should give you the tools needed to improve communication with your partner.

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[ciderjacks]

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[catherine-sketches]

I love how, with the way Full Moon went down, it makes the previous Fizzarozzie episodes serve as a great point of contrast.

It was not just “expanding Fizz and Ozzie character/relationship” episodes, it was also “this imp and high ranking demon love story is a narrative foil for our main imp and high ranking demon love story because Fizz and Ozzie actually TALK to each other while miscommunication runs rampant in the Blitz and Stolas corner” episodes.

Fizz is open about his insecurities, his broken horns, his fears. He has no problem vocalizing his feelings to Ozzie and he trusts him implicitly (hello hugging a fire demon while your limbs were lost in a fire because you KNOW that he would never burn you I’m still not over that)

Ozzie is over there using “I” statements (“I don’t like this” and “I don’t appreciate that” and “I think this is has gone way to far”) and trying his best to be clear of his support for Fizz even if he doesn’t like the whole pageant thing and making sex toys with his lover’s face on them.

(I’m a firm believer on the “Ozzie had a formal contract with Mammon to make the Fizzbots/Sex Fizzy™️ products making it everlastingly binding, and as long as Fizzy was the winner of the pageant and Mammons brand baby he couldn’t just stop production and tell Mam to fuck off. Meaning that it was up to Fizz to stop the whole thing by severing ties with Mammon. Which he did!)

And now in the new episode Fizz and Ozzie are work partners! They are designing toys together! Fizz is thriving and more carefree than we ever saw him before.

Meanwhile Stolitz have to learn (both of them) how to properly communicate with each other because GOD they do such a bad job of walking on the other’s shoes that it’s making my heart hurt

[theexhaustedqueer]

Guys, there’s a really obvious enemy here and— Oh! What a surprise!

It isn’t each other.

[pixelplayground]

Very preliminary WIP residencies in Sable Square, Brindleton Bay 🐕

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

This isn't what it looks like.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[suzukiblu]

Please, cuddling, and TimKon?

. . . I am sorry but also I am NOT sorry for what I have done with this reply, but hey, why don't we all enjoy this one being the only prompt fill from this meme that got a read-more cut??

“Please,” Kon tries, trying not to look–he doesn’t know, weird and needy and like an embarrassment, or whatever. It feels like such a stupid thing to ask for. He knows Tim’s not really a hugger or a touchy-feely guy or whatever and that he likes having his own space and basically always hops out of bed right after sex to go write down all the shit his post-nut clarity made him think of, and the idea of, like, just staying still and actually cuddling or whatever is probably basically literal torture to him, assuming it’s ever even occurred to him at all, just . . . 

Just he’d kind of like to sometimes, maybe? Like–not regularly or whatever, he’s not trying to drive Tim nuts or cut into either his worktime or downtime here, just . . .

Just he’d like to do it sometimes, that’s all. 

Tim’s not the tactile type. Tim isn’t even the eye contact type, unless he’s lying to somebody or at work or just faking it for Robin-mode or whatever. Kon gets that. He’s been, like–careful about that. Not trying to take up too much space or ask for too much attention or mind when Tim doesn’t even look up at him when he– 

He’s been careful about it. 

But he is . . . well. The tactile type. Like . . . kind of, anyway. 

Like–it’s kinda unavoidable, honestly. 

“Oh,” Tim says, blinking at him in just enough bemusement to make him feel even more self-conscious about bringing this shit up to begin with, and Kon tries to keep his expression casual and noncommittal and–and just normal about this. Because he is totally normal about this. He is so normal about this. He is.

He’s also normal about the fact that when he asked Tim if he could talk to him about something, Tim didn’t even put down his tablet. Didn’t even put it to sleep, or actually even look up from it until . . . 

Kon’s normal about that. About all of this. 

(and he definitely never feels kind of weird or a little bit abandoned because Tim can’t EVER just bring his stupid laptop back to bed or at least work on whatever he’s thinking about IN the bedroom at the untouched desk he's got set up in there or even just, like . . . stick around and hang out on the couch with him, or anything like that. he definitely totally ENTIRELY doesn’t ever just feel like a casual fuckbuddy or an easy hookup or a gala-night accessory or just the most immediately convenient option and not actually–not actually any kind of a–not actually something that– 

he doesn’t. 

definitely.)

“Uh,” Kon says, and backpedals awkwardly, because clearly this conversation is not going the way he’d wanted it to and Tim just looks so surprised by it all, like–like it never even occurred to him or something, that maybe . . . that maybe Kon would want anything like that, or like he literally just hasn’t noticed how hard Kon’s been trying to be normal about it, or . . . 

It doesn’t feel very good, the idea he’s been trying so hard to respect Tim’s space and preferences and comfort levels and Tim hasn’t even noticed that he was doing anything at all. 

Especially because Tim usually notices just about everything. 

Maybe Tim’s just never thinking about it. Maybe he gets out of bed so quick because he’s spent the whole time in it thinking about other shit and just putting up with–just– 

“Kon,” Tim says, his voice going a little tight, and Kon just tries not to wince. He didn’t mention any of the complicated stuff he’s been trying not to feel, he just asked if Tim could–if Tim would– 

He didn’t even mention any of the complicated stuff, so it’s, like–not a great sign that Tim’s looking at him like that right now, like he’s said something really serious or upsetting or . . . 

He really shouldn’t have said anything, yeah. 

“Sorry,” he tries stiffly, glancing away and wrapping his hand around his own wrist and digging his fingers into the inside of it. It’s–tactile. Just . . . something tactile. “I know you don’t–sorry. Uh. Just forget it.” 

“Fuck,” Tim mutters for some reason, and Kon feels like such an idiot for saying anything at all, and a worse one for apparently doing it in a way that’s got Tim making that face at him. That face is Robin’s “my utility belt is empty, comms are fried, and the mission just went to shit” face. 

He really fucked this up. It was fine. Everything was fine, and now he’s wrecked it and Tim’s about to say it’s not even that serious, it’s not like it’s even–not like they’re even–and that Kon’s clearly gotten the wrong idea and they should just–just– 

“How long have you felt this way?” Tim asks very, very carefully, like the question’s something fragile, and Kon thinks from literally the first fucking time you left me alone in bed all night so you could go recalibrate some stupid useless specialty sensor that wasn’t even part of your primary gear, like, a WEEK into us sleeping together and says, “I dunno. It’s not–I told you. Forget it. It’s not a big deal.” 

He’s being weird about this. He’s being an asshole about this, actually, because being prepared for literally every single possible contingency ever is the Bats’ whole thing and he got into this knowing Tim wasn’t the touchy-feely type or all that expressive and emotive about–about his feelings, or whatever, and–and it’s not like he even–not like he– 

(he just wants a fucking HUG he didn't have to FUCK him for every now and then, or for Tim to at least exist in the same space as him for longer than the time it takes for the next email from Oracle to come in or next alert from Batman to go off or next self-assigned project to finish processing or–

but that’s not something Tim does, and Kon knew that going in, so–so it’s his own stupid fault if he feels SMALL sometimes, when . . . when there’s always something else, always another problem to solve or place to be or thing to think about, always . . . always something more important than just . . . staying, just for a little bit, and just BEING with–with him. just him. not the team, or either of their families, or . . .)

He knew all this going in, Kon reminds himself. He knew it. If he were this bad at being with literally anyone else, he’d just–he’d just– 

But something about it being Tim means he just . . . can’t. 

Tim’s jaw tightens, and he finally sets down his stupid tablet. 

Only now, though, Kon thinks bitterly, and digs his fingers a little deeper into the inside of his wrist. 

“Kon,” Tim says again, says too carefully again. Like something’s fragile, again. “I–” 

“I said forget it, for fuck’s sake!” Kon snaps too hotly, and maybe hates himself for both doing it and for the stricken look that doing it puts on Tim’s face, and also maybe cheats a bit by super-speeding straight out the balcony door into the night air and not taking his cell or his communicator with him. Or–definitely does, in fact. Definitely that’s cheating. He knows it is. 

He just really can’t stand to hear Tim tell him how he’s fucked up this time right now, though. He just–he tried so fucking hard not to fuck up this time. 

He really, really tried. 

He should’ve known it wouldn’t work, but . . . but he really did try.

[arthursfuckinghat]

"Omg I wonder what Arthur's reaction would be if he saw the kinda content people make of him-"

Arthur:

[the-ever-flowing-styx]

??????? abed explain yourself

[deoidesign]

something that makes me sad is when people tell me the healthy communication in my writing is "unrealistic."

like guys this is how me and my partner talk with eachother... I'm writing from personal experience...

[naughtybg3confessions]

When I saw the poll, I actually felt comforted that I wasn't the only one who thought about their favorite character while having sex with their partner.. I'm honestly ashamed because I'm in a monogamous relationship, but I always had trouble enjoying vaginal sex. I almost never enjoyed it, until getting into bg3 and it got my libido back for sex. I've been initiating sex with my partner more, and I think that makes him happy because I almost never do that. My partner is pretty large and I'm pretty small, so usually hurts even with lube and takes time for me to get used to the size, but when I start remembering the fanfics I've read of my favorite character and fantasize, I immediately find myself enjoying it and I cant get enough of being pounded. I know this might seem pathetic and I do feel guilty..I'm sorry…

(Anon is referring to this poll)

[read-write-thrive]

platonic and romantic are not some sort of binary that relationships have to be divided into. they’re not even two ends of a linear spectrum. they’re fully just abstract concepts made up of culturally-dependant social behaviour and expectations that are continually forced upon people to reinforce religious, legal, and broader societal/cultural norms, often and repeatedly to the detriment of non-normative groups including, but not limited to, the queer community. and I am sick and tired of those norms being replicated in fucking fandom discourse, of all places

[pixelplayground]

Yet another house - apparently I am remaking Brindleton Bay again.

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

The False God to Guilty As Sin? pipeline because what happens when sex was your default fallback method to reconnect when you weren't communicating otherwise but then you don't even have *that* anymore so you're just... frozen out completely in every sense. 😵‍💫

[hecksupremechips]

I know my ass says this every time there’s a new season but god DAMN, heartstopper is such a good show for teenagers