What's draining is shifting through his email, and having to interpret it correctly. What I found out is that his first email to me had an apology in it, however, I didn't read it that way, the way that I read it, the way that he phrased words and such, was very accusational. I responded back to what I could, to validate his feelings, etc, and let him know that I understood his point of view, which he turned around and sent me another response confused by my response because he was apologizing. It clearly is a miscommunication. We're not speaking each other's language. That's what is draining on me.
I really feel that we're going to need a third party to help interpret each other. I'm not sure if he'll be open to that, and I just have to wait. I can understand him, to a degree, but I think he is having a hard time understanding me. I've really have to sit and work hard at interpretation. It's all very confusing, really. What I'm finding is what I take as a literal translation, is not what he means at all... and then what I think is a loose translation, he meant it literal. It's all very confusing really... which is why I'm having such a hard time with this.
