Long distance relationship + age gap + health problems for both of us + modern life.. I'm a truck driver and she works as well job classified.. communication is 🔑 key because we dont get a lot of time together because we both work.. her nights or days depending on the week.. me well it's trucking so .. anytime really.. when we talk there's a power struggle.. and i feel drained after and during.. it's complicated 😕 I'll break it down in a couple ways as I see it.. 1. We both want to be respectful of the other so hesitate in conversation causing confusion when one or the other doesn't respond immediately 🤔 2. The dynamics shift back and forth on who's taking the lead like a dance 🕺 it's a literal who wears the pants situation with words.. 3. She says I talk and don't let her talk only when she talks there's no pause or break for me to contribute to the conversation .. and when I say ok what do you want to talk about.. it's idk or silence 🔕 😕 no talking for over a minute…. when I can't take silence anymore she interrupts and says see you don't let me talk …… 4. If I don't say anything or say little and Simply respond to whatever she says 🙄 there wouldn't be a conversation 🙄 she would talk for 2 or 3 minutes 🤔 and then silence.. I'm going to see how long the silence can actually stretch for…. I've made it to 10 minutes at one point ☝️ and I feel drained 😴 before a call I'm wide awake and after I'm ready for bed….. and some of our more productive calls are about everything i do wrong 🙃 and it's all little stuff even i don't recognize sometimes…. any suggestions?