Dear Braz:

I can relate to how rare it is when someone really hears you. You stressed the word “hear” in your post. How rare it is… it is quite amazing how rare it is between married couples (straight or gay), between parents and children (minor and adult), between siblings, between…. anybody. So often, people do not listen, only wait for their turn to talk…

Or so often, these are not conversations between two people; instead it is like one person vomits, then the other person vomits, then everyone cleans the vomit and next round of vomiting.

A simple thing like really hearing what the other person is saying… rare indeed and what a shame it is so rare.

Because of my appreciation of good communication, I judge your relationship with your best friend as something good. And by the way “normal”- that word, normal … I don’t think it means anything anymore.

anita