It's so easy to take smooth, easy communication for granted, but don't fall into this trap. Smooth communication is something to be thankful for each and every time. Intimate relationships can offer priceless teaching in the artform of communication. Yes priceless, because where else are you going to get that?! There is no other kind of experience in life that offers the riches of learning like this kind. How true that is! The complexity of this type of rapor is also unmatched by any other. We all bring the residue of our past into these relationships. This 'residue' can help or hurt depending on how the residues mix. Are they oil and water or are they compatible compounds? If we all had our way everything within our intimate relatings would line up just so, but there always seems to be things