I love that you're working on being more expressive - I think that as you model this for her and lead the way, I bet she'll become more expressive herself.S
Since I've been learning how to speak up it happens a lot less often.
At this point, being more expressive is simply speaking-up more often, rather than avoiding, or not thinking in terms of the partnership, and leaving her hanging or stewing.
A minor conflict we're having is balancing our dancing styles--I prefer ballroom, and she likes the pace of Salsa. I comromised with her and told her I would go with her last night to a late night Salsa venue, if she went to a Tango lesson with me. I also told her that I want to visit a ballroom venue one night per week to practice ballroom. She agreed to go to this. I expect some complaints from her at the ballroom venue, because she's still learning the skills. I will stick to my guns about meeting my needs, and expressing those to her. The partnership doesn't have to be a perfect fit.
CL
CL 53 W 54 M 20 yrs. 03'-09' Separation + Old Patterns + GAL 10-14' Piecing
"The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come."
