Understanding Your Partner’s Communication Style Is Key To Strengthening Your Relationship—Here’s Where To Start

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Whether you’ve been with your partner for three weeks, three months, or three years, communication is crucial when it comes to fostering and maintaining a healthy relationship. However, it is entirely possible (and fairly common) for partners to communicate very differently, says marriage and family therapist Becky Stuempfig, LMFT. Differing communication styles in relationships can make things challenging—but it’s not necessarily a relationship red flag. (Cue a big sigh of relief.)