Two-way

I always read that if you love someone or if you really cared about someone, you'd talk to them all the time, and you'd want to talk to them all the time. You'd talk about everything and anything in the world. Every little detail. Even if this particular thing may not even be of any concern to that someone, but because you love him/her, you wanna tell them, because it made an impact in your life, because this little thing happened to you.

But I was also wondering. If we really loved someone, would we give up the chance of telling them about our life and listen out to theirs instead? Because I have realised this is what I do most of the time. I listen to people I love. And I wanna listen, I wanna know. I'm not just hearing them, I'm listening, listening to the details, to how they talk about it, just so I truly feel how they felt at that point in time.

And if someone spends time talking to you about his/her life then it clearly shows this person cares about you too, right? If not, why would h/she bother?

Anyway, so just after writing this entry I've come to a conclusion that this thing, this talking and listening thing that I've just mentioned, is a two-way thing. Both parties share and both parties listen. There should be no domineering. There should be a balance between the two. When one speaks, the other listens, truthfully, sincerely, with all attention. When one finishes, the other starts. No interruption, just smooth and ongoing conversation.

That is, I supposed, the highest level anyone can reach in a relationship?

P/S It's been such a long long time since I was this serious in writing something. And I am glad. I like this entry. What about you?