When we fall in love with someone, we should fall in love with who they really are, not who we want them to be. Falling in love with the real person also means accepting how they communicate their love.
What to Do When Someone Asks You for What They Want
As I left my family of origin to start my own adult life, I didn’t know how to communicate my needs directly. I had never had a role model of how to ask for what I wanted directly.