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Verbal Intimacy Mastery

Chike Oranye
4 min readFeb 2, 2024

You’re not going to believe this but,

It just dawned on me that I haven’t given you any blueprint or guide on how to communicate with your partner effectively.

For someone who preaches about engaging in effective communication all day, I have not taken the time to share the secret of how to go about the entire process.

So here’s an insanely brief but extremely valuable “all you need to know about effective communication and how to use it to boost your romantic relationship” guide.

MY TWO CENTS 🧠

The first point you have to know and remember is that Men and Women communicate primarily for different reasons in their romantic relationships.

Men primarily communicate to know and share facts and information, while women primarily communicate to share their feelings.

A renowned marriage counsellor who I admire and respect has this quote he loves to reiterate during his talks when he’s on tour.

The quote is

Men talk for information while women talk for affection—Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo

Men talk because they have something important to say, while women talk because you are someone they see as important in their lives to talk to.

This is why if a man has nothing he deems as important to say, he’s always quiet, and usually in his head or front of a screen watching…

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Chike Oranye
Chike Oranye

Written by Chike Oranye

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