You can’t have a healthy relationship if you’re afraid to have the hard conversation. Life is full of conflict, misunderstandings, and differences.

If you aren’t willing to talk about it, you end up forcing yourself to accept a situation that you don’t want.

Instead of thinking of it as a fight, or something negative, look at the hard conversation as a step towards making the relationship better. And tell the other person that the point of the conversation is to make the relationship better.

If they’re on board, then you can have a good, productive conversation and improve your relationship. If they don’t want to do that, then maybe it’s time to reconsider that relationship.