Communication
What to do when they are having a bad time
Supporting a partner through a difficult period is a specific skill, and the instinctive responses are frequently the wrong ones.
Topic
listening
Every Relationship Punch article tagged listening — 2 pieces across 1 section.
Communication
Listening in a relationship is not the same as listening at work
Most people apply a problem-solving register to conversations that were not requests for solutions, and the mismatch causes more friction than the topics do.