Having good communication skills is vital to a relationship, without it, your relationship will no doubt wither away and dry up like a flower in the hot summer sun. So in the same sense, if one person attempts to open up and the other withhold themselves, your relationship will slowly but surely die. It puts up a brick wall and communication becomes almost impossible. However, there are ways that you and your partner can begin to work on your communication. There are no hard and fast rules, but there will be a need to put in a little bit of an effort into it.