According to research on friendship and romantic relationships, who are we more willing to criticize—our romantic partners or our best friends? A. We are equally willing to criticize our romantic partners and our best friends. B. We are more willing to criticize our romantic partners than our best friends. C. We are more willing to criticize our romantic partners in private, and more willing to criticize our best friends in public. D. We are more willing to criticize our best friends than our romantic partners.

We must criticize both best friends and our romantic partners equally and in private. No person…

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According to research on friendship and romantic relationships, who are we more willing to criticize—our romantic partners or our best friends?

A. We are equally willing to criticize our romantic partners and our best friends.
B. We are more willing to criticize our romantic partners than our best friends.
C. We are more willing to criticize our romantic partners in private, and more willing to criticize our best friends in public.
D. We are more willing to criticize our best friends than our romantic partners.

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