The cause and effect relationship implied by the authors conclusion seems to say that in order to keep your relationship together you must share everything with your partner. The title supports the idea that you must tell your partner everything that you are thinking or feeling in order to stay together. This experiment is more of a correlational study. People’s behaviors and feelings were observed without being randomly assigned and without much manipulation of the variables as in an experimental study. I think the author’s conclusion is only partly accurate. There are many different factors the affect relationships. For example, factors that effect marriages are age, financial status, level of education, and many others. Some factors important to a long-lasting and meaningful relationship are honesty, personality, fidelity, warmth and others still. The fact that these relationships with good communication stayed together could be due to many different factors. ...
