What is a bid for connection?

This entry describes a bid for connection as a small reach toward a partner: a comment, a touch, a question, or a look that asks for a response. It notes that the reply can turn toward the reach, away from it, or against it, and that the reach is easy to miss because it looks ordinary.

What this entry does not do

It does not count a couple's bids or promise that answering them will repair a marriage.