One thing I love about my SO is that neither of us natively speak the tongue of the other, and so the miscommunications that frequently occur are more on the level of *whoopsie-doodle* instead of *ARE-YOU-DEAF*.
"You see Marge, the problem's communication. Too much communication."
~ Homer, 900BC
I was in that position once upon a time. Our solution was to grow distant in ways that couldn't be whoopsie-doodled away.... <winces>