There is nothing more frustrating than a 300-page book or a two-hour movie where the central conflict could be solved by a single, five-minute conversation. While conflict is necessary for drama, using a lack of communication as the primary obstacle feels like a cheat code. It breaks the immersion and makes the characters feel less like adults navigating love and more like pawns in a writer’s plot. If the only reason a couple is fighting is because one of them refused to let the other finish a sentence, the storyline has failed.