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I'm searching for a good out.

What's up,

real ones, welcome back to your Friday Quickie.

Where we give you tips to improve your real relationships in less than 10 minutes.

I'm Arshistel.

And I'm Devon Steele.

Now let's get it in.

So one of the biggest concerns that people come to us about the emails, the text messages,

is the lack of communication in a relationship.

And most couples don't know that it's extremely important, like when you're trying to

skillfully communicate in a relationship, you have to know how to communicate bad news and bad events as well as

good news and good events.

Yes so we want to share with you guys the tools to help you skillfully communicate

with your partner right so let's get into skillfully communicate with your partner, right? So let's get into skillfully

communicating bad news with your partner.

Yeah, so when your partner is coming to you to share some bad news, something bad that has happened

or something that's really weighing them. The first

thing you should ask your partner is are you looking for advice from this

conversation or are you looking for somebody to just talk to, somebody that you can vent to, because you want to make

sure that they walk away from the conversation getting what they were seeking in the first place.

Oftentimes we may offer unsolicited advice when our partner is coming to us when they just wanted somebody to listen to them or they may be coming to us for guidance and advice and we're just sitting there listening so they're not getting what they want from the

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