"We're not on the same page" (and what that actually means)

Assalamualaikum Reader, Being on the Same Page You've said it. Or you've thought it. Or you've cried over it. "We are just not on the same page." And somehow, those eight words carry the weight of a thousand unspoken arguments. Of nights where you lay next to each other in silence. Of conversations that started with hope and ended with one of you walking out of the room. "On the same page" has become the gold standard for a good marriage. But can I ask you something? What does that even mean?...