Your textbook identified two important patterns of emotional expression that distinguish happy from unhappy couples. Describe the two patterns of emotional exchange in detail. Of the two, which do you feel is more damaging to a couple? Justify your choice by drawing from other information you have learned in the chapter about satisfying and dissatisfying intimate relationships.

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