How Loyalty Begets Love.

SOCIAL support; MARRIAGE; CONVERSATION; PERSONAL space; MOTIVATION (Psychology); CONFLICT (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL safety; INTERPERSONAL relations; LOVE; COMMITMENT (Psychology); SEXUAL partners; FAMILY relations; EMOTIONS; TRUST

The article argues that the greatest form of fidelity may be the willingness to discuss resentments with a loved one directly than with others. Topics covered include the uniqueness of loyalty from all of the psychological strands of interpersonal connectedness, how complaining about a partner to anyone outside the relationship is a form of betrayal, and ways on how partners can show their emotional and security loyalty to one another.