00:00Communication is key to a strong relationship, but experts say there are things you should never say to your significant
00:06other if your goal is a healthy, happy partnership.
00:09A marriage and family therapist tells HuffPost that the words, quote, always and never tend to make us shut down.
00:17So instead of saying you always do this or you never do that, try using the word sometimes.
00:23Reader's Digest says you should avoid insulting their career or you can put a crack in the relationship foundation that
00:29will be hard to repair.
00:31An expert tells Cosmopolitan that you should never say, quote, I wish things were how they used to be.
00:37The goal is not to recreate the past, but to make a better future.
00:41Even if you're at your lowest point, Marriage.com says you should avoid telling your partner to shut up or
00:47calm down because it can make someone feel like you're trying to invalidate their emotions.
00:51And of course, no matter how upset you get, many experts agree that threatening to break up or saying I
00:57hate you is a sure way to deteriorate the relationship.
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