How often should you call your boyfriend? is one of the most frequently asked questions by women in dating relationships. It’s really unfortunate that men don’t come with an instruction booklet or how-to guide. Instead, we’re left to our own devices trying to determine exactly when we should pick up the phone to call the man we’re involved with. If you’re having a hard time deciding whether or not you should call your boyfriend more, there’s help for you. There are some very basic calling rules that any woman can follow that will help her untangle this web of confusion.

The simple answer to the question of how often you should call your boyfriend is less than he calls you. That means if he calls you twice a week, you should call him once. The reason this tip is so helpful is that it keeps the communication part of your relationship very balanced. What usually happens in dating relationships is that one partner, almost always the woman, assumes the role of being the main person she calls. She takes over in the relationship when her boyfriend doesn’t call. She calls him daily and over time shows him through her actions that she will take care of the call. Most women don’t really want this job and end up doing it by default. They get impatient when their man doesn’t call, so they do.

If you call him less, he will call you more. It’s part of the balance that you don’t want to mess with. If a man knows that you will call him at some point in the day, he will be less inclined to call you. He won’t see any reason to. He knows that he should expect a call from you because you have shown him, through your past behavior, that you will call him. So it stands to reason that if you don’t call, he will have no choice but to call.

If you’ve already made the mistake of calling him much more often than he calls you, you can still fix it. He slowly backs off now as the number of calls he’s making to her decrease. He’ll get the hint in no time and start to wonder what happened to you and why you’re not so eager to call anymore. Every time a man feels that a woman is moving away from him, he will work harder to bring her closer. This works in pretty much every aspect of your relationship, including communication.