On wants and asks in human interactions and relationships

Healthy relationships in the end boild down to transactions like this: Tell me what you want, I will tel you what I want and we either meet in the middle, or realise it won’t work this time and can move on. No need to argue in vain.

Now, I can well understand why sometimes people are unable, uneasy, or unwilling to communicate clearly what they want. Yet, I still find it stunning how often people do not even know what is it what they want, yet get angry if they don’t get it.

A lot of pain and hurt could be saved if we dedicated more time to introspection and listening to our own emotions.