# The #1 Reason Relationships Fail and How to Stop the Drift Before It's Too Late

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Podcast: [Magnetic Communication](https://stenobird.com/podcast/magnetic-communication-7098408)
Published: 2026-05-26T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://sandygerber.com/podcast/
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Send us Fan Mail Poor communication ends more relationships than infidelity or money and most couples don't see it coming until they've already drifted. I've been married twice before this marriage. The first one lasted four months. The second one lasted seven years. Neither one ended because we stopped loving each other. They ended because we stopped communicating and I didn't understand that until I was standing in the wreckage asking myself how it kept happening. A YourTango survey of 100 ...

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