Hi Tree,

So glad you got to have this conversation!
I can relate to this. Actually, I just went through something kind of like it in relation to my partner. I tend to walk away from her when I feel like she isn't relating to me anymore (to protect myself). Only now after about 3 years am I realizing that I don't actually know what she is thinking or feeling. I am simply "reading it" which makes me walk away. I don't even notice I'm doing it and so I never give her a chance to communicate about it. I just dash to another room. But I am always totally certain I know what she's thinking or feeling. It has been so hard for me to even mildly accept that I could be wrong.