I do agree with that part Denver, from her perspective not only did she tell me, but she told me over and over and over. Its unfortunate to say the least, but that part is done, as is the part of me 'thinking' I knew this or that. I was/am a failure at communication, but im getting better all the time.
I remember having a professor tell us once that a persons perception is reality, at least to them it is. So her telling me what she needed was/is reality to her.
All I can say is im not living in that period anymore im going to let the past be the past and move forward as a better man, hopefully she wants to get on board at some point.
Becoming "better" is optional. Maybe many of us are fine as we are. Obviously we can use this time while not in a relationship to pick up things that we want or oviously improve qualities. My questoin is why would you want to become more dependable, better communicating with someone who won't do it for you?h