How to Change a Part of Your Relationship Through Communication

You have to put an effort in order to receive effort when you're trying to change a part of your relationship via communication. As long as you express your needs and you stay curious about her thoughts on it, she shouldn't leave you. If she does, that is not a teammate partner. Go in with initiating the conversation effectively, assertively, directly, confidently. Not passively, not sheepishly, not timidly, not fearless, not fearfully. See the difference? It's losing that fear of, oh my God, she's going to leave me if I say I want something.