Initiation & Communication Style
How someone tends to start intimacy and how they communicate interest, consent, and preferences.
What This Really Means
In everyday relationships, this can look like tone, timing, and clarity in conversations.
Context like stress, conflict, and how safe it feels to be honest changes how it feels.
Examples
Saying what you want directly
Using a playful hint and then checking in
Naming a boundary before things escalate
Common Misunderstandings
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More accurately, Initiation & Communication Style refers to how someone tends to start intimacy and how they communicate interest, consent, and preferences, and talking about sex kills spontaneity doesn’t follow from that.
More accurately, Initiation & Communication Style refers to how someone tends to start intimacy and how they communicate interest, consent, and preferences, and if you have to ask, it’s not sexy doesn’t follow from that.
Initiation & Communication Style isn’t an all-the-time rule, and it can change with context and timing.
Initiation & Communication Style is about how someone tends to start intimacy and how they communicate interest, consent, and preferences, and it doesn’t imply that it can’t change.
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Inside LoveIQ
We identify patterns related to Initiation & Communication Style by analyzing responses in our assessment modules, helping you understand your unique relationship dynamics.
Sample visualization of a gap metric.
“You don't need to label yourself. These terms help describe patterns — not define you.”
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