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there's a difference between communicating well, and communicating everything
Definitely. I didn't mean to conflate the two, and I can see how I did give that impression. You can put too much emotional burden on someone; I don't think caring about communication exempts you from taking responsibility for your own issues and your own behaviour.

it's important to be honest, and that it's unreasonable to expect people to know what you want when you haven't stated it explicitly.
Couldn't agree more. This is a big part of the thing that I make a big deal of, yes.