One wants to text all day; the other figures they'll reach out when needed. Both are in love, yet this one difference in temperature causes frequent clashes.
Frequency isn't the size of love
The frequent texter reads sparse contact as "they don't care," and the sparse one feels frequent contact as "being tied down." But contact frequency isn't the size of affection, just a difference in how each expresses and confirms it.
Understand each other's anxiety
The one who wants frequent contact carries "if I can't see them, they'll drift," and the sparse one carries "I suffocate without alone time." Neither is strange. Knowing each other's anxiety and need reduces the blame.
The fix, predictability, not frequency
It's not about being glued together but that predictability lowers anxiety. Set your own rhythm, "replies may lag when busy, but we always call before bed", and a late daytime reply won't spark worry, while the sparse one gets breathing room.
Share what you 'can't' do too
Telling each other your conditions, "can't reply during meetings," "I'm asleep after midnight", keeps silence from being misread. Rules aren't restraint; they're a promise that reassures.
If contact keeps sparking fights, rather than arguing over frequency itself, sort out what each of you wants from contact. See that one wants reassurance and the other wants room, and a middle ground appears.
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