If you asked me a year ago, I would’ve told you that our marriage was fine. Not perfect, not exciting, but fine. We had our routine—work, dinner, TV, bed. We weren’t fighting, but we also weren’t really talking. It was comfortable, predictable. And that, I now realize, was the problem. One night, out of nowhere, my wife snapped at me about the dishes. It wasn’t about the dishes, not really. It was about everything that had been building up—the distance, the lack of effort, the unspoken frustrations. I snapped back. And before I knew it, we were in the worst argument we had ever had. She said things that hurt. So did I. But in the middle of the shouting, something happened. We finally said all the things we had been too scared to say. We admitted that we felt unseen, unheard, unappreciated. We confessed that we missed each other, even though we were in the same house every day. That fight could have broken us. Instead, it saved us. The next morning, we didn’t pretend it didn’t happen. We sat down, held hands, and made a promise—not to avoid the hard conversations anymore. To stop assuming the other person just knew how we felt. To put in the effort, even when life made it hard. It’s not always easy. But love isn’t just about the good days—it’s about showing up for the hard ones too. If you feel like your relationship is stuck, don’t be afraid of the uncomfortable conversations. Sometimes, they’re exactly what you need to find your way back to each other.