Romantic relationships are important cornerstones for our personal satisfaction and happiness. However, with many new relationships ending in separation nowadays, it's apparent that maintaining a happy relationship isn’t that simple.
Here are several steps you can take to keep your romantic relationship in healthy order:
Communication is a central part of a good relationship. Happy couples make time to check in with their partners regularly. Pay attention to your loved one. Try to spend several minutes everyday talking about subjects on a deeper and more personal level. This will help you to maintain a strong connection with them over the long haul. This does not mean that you cannot bring up challenging topics. Withholding your concerns and keeping your issues private can foster resentment in yourself and breed mistrust.
When talking about difficult subjects, it’s important to keep an open mind and try to be empathetic. Do your best to see things from the other party’s point of view. Researchers have discovered that the way in which couples communicate can be more important than their levels of commitment, personality traits, and the occurrence of difficult life events in predicting whether or not their relationship will last. Specifically, negative communication styles such as acting out in anger or displaying contempt towards the other person can lead to an increased likelihood of separation.
Disagreements are part and parcel of any relationship, but some behaviors can be hurtful. Couples that act in a destructive manner during fights are more likely to break up than couples that fight with an ear towards openness. Such destructive behaviors include shouting, resorting to personal attacks, or withdrawing from the discussion. Examples of constructive behaviors for resolving fights include trying to find out how your partner is feeling, listening to his or her perspective, and trying to make him or her feel better.
Between having a job and external pressures, it can be a challenge to stay connected to your loved one. However, it is important to make the effort to do so. Researchers have found that couples who reported feeling bored in their relationships were significantly less satisfied two years later.
To keep things fresh, some couples make a point of scheduling regular date nights for themselves. It’s an opportunity to get out and have fun! Do keep in mind that even going out on dates can get boring if you’re only going out to the same places or going to the movie theater. Love experts suggest that couples break out of their old patterns and try out new things when possible. This can mean taking a cooking class together, learning to dance, going on a hike, traveling, or even taking a scenic stroll by the beach.
Intimacy is an important part of romantic relationships as well. It may be helpful to set aside time for some intimate moments, especially if you find yourself too caught up with the demands of a busy life and career. Penning down some time for intimate moments will help make sure that your physical and emotional needs are met.
Every relationship has highs and lows, but some challenges are more likely than others to create problems in a relationship. You don’t want to ignore your issues and allow them to fester into big ones. Money problems, for instance, and destructive lifestyle habits like addiction can usually cause recurring conflicts in your relationship. One way to tell that you have a problem is if you have fights with your partner about the same problem over and over again. In such instances, relationship counselors can help you to develop successful communication styles and find healthy and amicable solutions that can resolve your problems.
You do not have to wait until your relationship displays signs of trouble before making the effort to foster healthy habits. Relationship education programs that teach skills such as good communication, effective listening, and successful ways to deal with conflict in a constructive manner have been shown to lessen the chance of a breakup.
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