They dont invalidate their partner.
One way to both understand and tend to anothers feelings is through validation.
Emotionally intelligent people understand the importance of validation when it anothers emotions and experiences.
Validating someone else helps them feel heard, understood, and appreciated.
Mutual validation is a cornerstone of any healthy relationship, romantic or otherwise.
They dont keep score.
An emotionally intelligent person doesnt keep track of their S.O.s mistakes.
Instead, an emotionally intelligent partner throws away the scorecard.
They know that there should be no sense of competition when it comes to matters of the heart.
They dont demand perfection.
Humans are all multi-faceted being with loud feelings, unique histories, and conflicting needs.
Having emotional intelligence means accepting this fact and even embracing it.
They dont lose themselves in the relationship.
They dont avoid accountability or apologizing.
And when they apologize, they truly mean it and change any behaviors that need to be changed.
An emotionally intelligent person is deeply aware that an apology without change is only manipulation.
They dont engage in passive aggressive communication.
Emotionally intelligent people communicate openly, honestly, anddirectly.
They dont weaponize their partners insecurities.
In intimate relationships, one reveals a lot about themselves, including their insecurities.
Someone with emotional intelligence would never use their partners deepest pains and fears against them.
Instead, they are a safe place for their partner to share their innermost truths.
They dont give a shot to fix or change their person.
Finally, an emotionally intelligent person would never attempt to change of fix their partner.
The emotionally intelligent person takes their partner as all that they are and loves them forthatperson.
Not some potential version of them, not some future possibility.Them.
Working on your own emotional intelligence can help deepen and strengthen your relationships.
