There's a lot of research that shows that we're not very good at knowing what people in our life are actually thinking and feeling but we're actually even worse at knowing what our spouse is thinking and feeling And some of that is because we think we know our spouse so well because maybe we've been with them for a long period of time and so we become overconfident So I don't know that I would say that it has to be any different other than to say I think especially if you're with your spouse you can let them know that you're trying this It's always better to be sort of explicit Hey I'm trying a new thing I wanna hear from you more I wanna actually be a better listener than to just do it and not let them know that you're trying to do that So that'd be the one thing that I would say but I would say I think this is incredibly important in personal relationships too

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