I have not seen a firefighter laughing, while fighting fires.
One of the ways to identify a relationship fighting fires, is the absence of laughter.
That is not necessarily a good or bad thing, what differentiates relationships is what is salvageable after putting out the fires.
To have a better chance of saving the relationship, it is better to fight the fires early, with basic and simple communication tools – face to face, phone calls (preferably video calls).
When you progress to emails and chats as the means of communication, the fire is getting much bigger.
And by the time you bring in 3rd parties and give the silent treatment, you are reducing the probability of saving the relationship to near zero.
Like some serious people I know write, “Be guided accordingly.”
– Osasu Oviawe