Mike, talking with GF sure does seem a lot easier than X, but I mostly attribute that to her ability. We still seem to communicate deeper things by texting or letters, but I would like to get to the point where talking everything out is easy. GF has even mentioned a few times that we get into much more detailed conversations by textings than in person.
My X was a very poor communicator and I think she expected me to read her mind. And there were times that she would make the lame excuse that english was not her native language and she could not tell me what was really on her mind.