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Is Keeping Score Ruining Your Relationship?
What do we mean by keeping score? It’s that mental spreadsheet where every favor, chore, and emotional effort is logged and compared.the quiet killer of connection,” and for good reason. People fall into it when household duties feel unequal, when they crave recognition, or when unspoken expectations about a perfect 50/50 split linger beneath the surface.
Score-keeping turns love into a business transaction. Instead of freely giving, partners start measuring return on investment. Resentment builds, defensiveness follows, and small acts of kindness get weighed instead of celebrated. Research on “communal relationships” backs this up: couples are happiest when they give because they want to, not because they’re keeping a ledger.
Score-keeping turns love into a business transaction. Instead of freely giving, partners start measuring return on investment. Resentment builds, defensiveness follows, and small acts of kindness get weighed instead of celebrated. Research on “communal relationships” backs this up: couples are happiest when they give because they want to, not because they’re keeping a ledger.
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What do we mean by keeping score? It’s that mental spreadsheet where every favor, chore, and emotional effort is logged and compared.the quiet killer of connection,” and for good reason. People fall into it when household duties feel unequal, when they crave recognition, or when unspoken expectations about a perfect 50/50 split linger beneath the surface.
Score-keeping turns love into a business transaction. Instead of freely giving, partners start measuring return on investment. Resentment builds, defensiveness follows, and small acts of kindness get weighed instead of celebrated. Research on “communal relationships” backs this up: couples are happiest when they give because they want to, not because they’re keeping a ledger.
Score-keeping turns love into a business transaction. Instead of freely giving, partners start measuring return on investment. Resentment builds, defensiveness follows, and small acts of kindness get weighed instead of celebrated. Research on “communal relationships” backs this up: couples are happiest when they give because they want to, not because they’re keeping a ledger.
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