April Masini is Ask April, founder of Relationship Advice Forum, according to relationship and etiquette expert April Masini, there are three things to consider when trying to decide how often to talk to your partner: the age of the relationship, the comfort of the people in the relationship, and what’s actually happening in your lives at the moment. “If you’re dating someone and it’s a new relationship, you may be communicating multiple times a day because romance is strong and you’re both chatty,” she says, “or you may be communicating a few times a week because you’re both playing the field and there’s no real commitment yet.” But if the relationship is long-term, here’s how you can decide how often to talk.