Having kids can deepen your connection and bring you closer together, or it can create a divide that causes you to drift apart. Which way you go depends on whether both of you are open to change and constant, open communication.
The commonly known, sobering statistic, “50% of marriages end in divorce,” is outdated, in a good way. The divorce rate has been plummeting. However, for couples over the age of 65, the opposite is true. Your marriage, your relationship, is more than a statistic. How can you keep it going strong?
If you’re in a long-term relationship, the challenge is staying connected, despite all that life throws at you. You have to learn to evolve together because people and, thus, relationships, change.
Infidelity – it shakes up your entire world and leaves you doubting the things you thought you could rely on. A betrayal like that causes people to struggle with their sense of trust, security, and self-worth, among other things.
In relationships, boundaries can be described as the guidelines for what is acceptable behavior to us as individuals. Boundaries are different based on the person, their experiences, values, and needs.
In relationships, boundaries can be described as the guidelines for what is acceptable behavior to us as individuals. Boundaries are different based on the person, their experiences, values, and needs.
Fear of intimacy is a profound fear of getting close emotionally, and sometimes physically to another person. Being vulnerable with another person is not easy.
Remember when you and your partner first got together - how smitten you were? How perfect they seemed? You couldn’t get enough of them.
You may think you’re keeping your stress to yourself. However, even without telling your partner “I’m stressed” they will likely sense it.
What could be bad about giving? The answer is over-giving. That can be seen in codependent relationships. Codependency can be described as “harmful helping”.
Simply defined, intimacy is the degree of closeness and the bond that exists between you and your partner. But intimacy is not as simple as physical touch.
No matter how in love you feel, life has a way of getting in the way and putting out the spark you once had. Sometimes all we need is a recharge to remind us of what really matters.