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Dear Dan,

My fiancé (hôn phu, chồng chưa cưới) is an excellent (tuyệt vời) cook (nấu ăn), and every meal (bữa ăn) he makes for us is delicious (ngon miệng). I’m always giving him compliments (lời khen), but I worry that over time they will be less meaningful (ít ý nghĩa) because he’ll get used to them. How can I continue to praise his cooking in a way that shows I mean it?

—Sydney 

I wouldn’t worry too much about your fiancé getting used to your compliments. Research shows that receiving compliments is very motivating and that people who give them usually underestimate their impact on the recipient. One study that looked specifically at frequent compliments found they didn’t lose their effectiveness as long as they weren’t identical each time. So keep the compliments coming, but make sure to switch them up from time to time.

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