If you always expect everyone to meet you where you're at, you'll often find yourself standing alone.
Communication is as much of an art and courtesy as it is a necessity. Is your desire to be dominant stronger than your desire for what you want or need? Does it make sense to wade through a swamp to get what you want when there's a bridge that you carry with you at all times?
Communication is more than language...it is structure and empathy. It is putting your agenda down and connecting outside of your comfort zone. It is bringing someone into your understanding and simultaneously entering theirs. It is a dance where, in the end, both parties walk away with their pride still intact and the desire to do it again without the tinge of hesitation.