The friction in my story resulted in 2 unhappy people, a relationship lost, when what should have been fun experience for both.
There is no light without shade. These experiences are necessary for you to appreciate the people you actually mesh with. People are more than just ChatGPT with a vagina.
Presumably there are other stories of linguistic mishap that resulted in 2 happy people and a friendship or marriage. You got unlucky.
Haha I like this complexity. It's also very "meta" and recursive to be having this discussion about the term "friction" itself...!
I hope the irony is at least interesting, and you both feel better and/or worse off for it ;)
I can imagine more interesting pass times than failing to communicate