self-disclosure

Page 139 self-disclosure. Relationships also go closer and stronger as we share our likes and dislikes, our joys and hurts, our dreams and worries. And the dance of friendship or love, one reveals a little in the other reciprocates. And then the first reveals more in on and on. It's relationship progresses from small talk the things that matter the increasing self-descrozure can elicit liking which in leashes further self-disclosure

— from Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society)

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The second is equity — relationships endure when both people feel they are receiving roughly in proportion to what they give; lopsided ledgers eventually collapse. The third is self-disclosure — closeness grows through a kind of dance, where one person reveals a little, the other reciprocates, the first reveals a little more, and step by step you move from small talk to the things that actually matter. And underneath all of it is the thing people most need to feel from you, what researchers call responsiveness: that you understand them, that you validate what they feel, and that you truly care. — Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society)

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