Your friend Ulric is concerned about the quality of his long-term relationship with Mara. “We used to stay up every night talking. We told each other everything. I feel like we just don’t have nights like that anymore,” Ulric says. Advise Ulric based on your knowledge of the relational patterns of self-disclosure.

What will be an ideal response?


The rate of self-disclosures in a relationship changes over time, and this trend is natural. Long-term relationships are characterized by high levels of self-disclosure in the beginning, followed by a gradual drop off. Normally satisfaction does not lower as self-disclosures stabilize. Ulric should not worry about the frequency of self-disclosure with Mara.

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