TonyF862
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This applies across all levels/type of relationships Ie “listen and talk from a place of curiosity” aka a “learn it all” not “know it all” mentalityYou put your finger on it…
… but if you find a way to do it in spite of the thing you’re afraid of losing, you can have a great relationship: nothing hidden, no minefields, no resentments.
You also missed one possibility: something will be revealed that one partner will reject and perhaps deny the other partner. For example, one partner might be on this site, texting and sharing pictures with other people and their partner doesn’t know. It might be that their partner will tell them that they are “uncomfortable” with it and to stop. Or your partner might say they want to have sex with other people, which gives you anxiety, makes you afraid, or jealous. If you can listen and talk from a place of curiosity and understanding and not from a place of defensiveness or selfishness, then you have openness. What could be more important than that?