Communication is important, if not essential, in a relationship. It's good that you and your wife realized this so early on. In my wife's and my case, it was more difficult, but after 21 years of marriage, we have been through many good and bad things together that have made us stronger, but none of that would have been possible without communication.
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21 years! Way to go sir. Well done you. In this day and age that is no easy feat.