Anytime you try a bit of healthy communication and no one has a bad reaction, that is a resounding success. Even if it felt completely ordinary. Even if the other person just said "OK" and moved on. 1/2

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That's actually the goal. Ordinary. Run-of-the-mill. You express a need, they respond appropriately. That should just be normal.