Fortunately, approach modes that include attempts to understand and appreciate are almost as contagious to our partners as avoid and attack modes. In other words, if you are interested in your partner, he or she is likely to become interested in you. But if you dismiss, avoid, or devalue, what do you think will be the likely response?
— Patricia Love and Steven Stosny, How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It, p. 173
Photo: Gundersweiler, Germany, October 2000