Communication
The ways partners share information, feelings, needs, and boundaries—through words, tone, timing, and behavior.
What This Really Means
You might notice it as tone, timing, and clarity in conversations.
It often improves when stress, conflict, and how safe it feels to be honest.
Examples
Saying what you want directly
Using a playful hint and then checking in
Common Misunderstandings
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Communication isn’t defined by always being calm, and it’s about the ways partners share information, feelings, needs, and boundaries—through words, tone, timing, and behavior.
More accurately, Communication refers to the ways partners share information, feelings, needs, and boundaries—through words, tone, timing, and behavior, and if you love each other, you shouldn’t need to explain doesn’t follow from that.
More talking isn’t automatically always better, and Communication is about the ways partners share information, feelings, needs, and boundaries—through words, tone, timing, and behavior.
Communication describes the ways partners share information, feelings, needs, and boundaries—through words, tone, timing, and behavior, so it doesn’t mean that it can’t change.
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Inside LoveIQ
We identify patterns related to Communication by analyzing responses in our assessment modules, helping you understand your unique relationship dynamics.
Sample visualization of a gap metric.
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