Valentine’s Day and other “love” holidays are celebrated all over the world. But often, relationship partners heap expectations on each other only to find the holiday ends in disappointment and/or resentment. Are you someone who carries great expectations of your partner on Valentine’s Day? Or does your relationship partner place great expectations on you? Have you checked your expectations for this upcoming holiday? Listen to TalkDoc, Meredith, and Teighlor discuss relationship expectations. Hear their strategies for managing expectations in relationships, especially this Valentine’s Day. 

Music by Epidemic Sound. 

Experts :  Judee Burgoon, Esther Perel, Brene Brown

Resources : 

Burgoon - EVT (Expectancy Violations Theory):

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic102

Esther Perel: https://www.estherperel.com/about

TC4G (TRADING COMFORT FOR GROWTH) : Lower our expectations!

Links :

First Song Clip (Etta James): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU8G7gR_g

Second Song Clip (Barry White): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zmRvhFEYo