she objected to giving up on the relationship after such a short time, and said i hadn't given it enough time.

it's because our thinking styles were too different. i would say things in a broad sense and she'd latch onto some detail and miss the point, or be confused about what i meant.

it worked better when we talked less, but what kind of a relationship is that?

that's exactly how me and my mother dealt with it. she was the sensible type too and when we tried to have conversations as adults, we would always get into fights.

the girl was very nice and smart and had a great personality overall but it was very obvious that she didn't understand what was going on in my mind at all.