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10 Ways to Open A Difficult Conversation

  1. I'm a little nervous to say this, but I want to because it's important to me.
  2. I'm about to share something difficult, can you assure me that you love me and are here for me?
  3. Can I share something with you?
  4. Can you offer me patience while I work through this with you?
  5. I didn't know how to address this in the moment, but I'd like to talk about something that happened between us that bothered me recently.
  6. Can we find a time in our schedules to address this issue?
  7. I'm not very good at talking about my feelings, but I'm going to try. Will you help me through it?
  8. I know we're not the best communicators but I'd like to try to change that, starting with this conversation.
  9. Because I respect you, I need to tell you this.
  10. I want to share this with you because I love and honor our relationship.

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