Communicating with Your Sweetie in a Technological World
With so many options in communication technology today, there are now many creative and fun ways to keep in touch with your sweetie. The key is to be sure to use these in a positive relationship-building way rather than in a way that makes your honey feel like a chore or another business contact.
We are so busy these days that often, especially, in two-income families one is coming while the other is going. Regularly communicating is crucial to maintaining a happy and fulfilled relationship, but the bills have to be paid, too. So, here are a few tips to keep in mind when using technology to keep in touch:
1. Use terms of endearment
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2. Complete your thoughts with each other the way you would if you were together. Do not allow other distractions- like call waiting on your cell phone- to interrupt and force you to abruptly end your conversation. Your boss, friend, or Mom can wait or leave a message. This is your relationship we are talking about and you need to treat it as though it is important to you. Your partner needs to know and
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3. Acknowledge every new communication string that you receive as soon as possible. If you get an email about plans for the weekend, it takes less than 30 seconds to shoot back an answer like, “Sounds like fun! You know how I love Thai food– remember our honeymoon? Tell Sue & John we’ll meet them at 7. Love you!!!”
4. Take a moment to share your day’s highs and lows. Have a Blackberry? Use it for a quick email blast while you wait for the train. Write a text message with a funny joke you heard that you
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5. If your honey has a blog, read it and comment on it regularly. If you don’t want your comment to be seen by the world, you can send a private email about your thoughts. You could also create a blog for yourselves. You’ll likely not get much traffic at all and can use it to keep in touch where ever there is Internet access.
6. Create a simple code. In my husband’s job as a personal trainer, he is often in the middle of spotting someone when I happen to call. We’ve devised a
...the company means when they say "lifetime" as some companies insist that their equipment has an established lifetime and it will not outlive that period of time. Make sure that your idea and the company s idea of a lifetime ...
Above all, find a way to make time for each other in person —
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Felicia Slattery, 2007.
Felicia Slattery is a life and relationship coach with more than a decade of
experience teaching others how to improve their communication skills
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happier more successful lives. She offers a free e-course called “5 Strategies
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