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Monday, September 1, 2008

3 Techniques To Save Your Relationship

Healthy relationships are a big part of what gives us a fulfilling life and even allows us to live longer. Since everyone is different keeping a relationship healthy can take a lot of work. We're all different people with different thoughts, interests, dreams, and aspirations, as well as our own quirks and personality traits that can sometimes clash with others. When it clashes with a significant other the results can cause rifts and separations that may not have happened if the two of you weren't so close. When this rift happens knowing what you need to do to fix them can get you back to being happy again with your partner.


These rifts left unchecked can cause the relationship to end. Lingering misunderstandings can further re-enforce any problems still left unresolved. In time you may not remember what it was you were originally angry or frustrated about, but still hold the emotional baggage that comes after a fight or sticky misunderstanding. Knowing how to fix these things, even in their advanced stages, will help you patch up your relationship to the happiness it used to be and make both of you feel a lot better at the end.


1. Two To Tango. In order for a fight to happen there must be two participants. Communication and interaction with your partner are of utmost importance in a relationship. If this suddenly comes to a stop after a bad fight the reasons for it need to be looked into and ironed out. Once the root of the problem is found you need to take steps to repair the rift between the two of you so you can both move and put the conflict behind you.


2. Keep The Relationship Fresh. It's not uncommon for things to become predictable and stagnant in a relationship. Spicing things up by surprising your partner or a short weekend get-away can renew the passion again. Random surprises and spur of the moment adventures will give you new memories to share and look back on. You can discover many new facets of your partner's personality you didn't know about from these random acts of excitement as well.


3. Accepting There Is A Problem. If you two are fighting pretending everything is ok isn't going to solve anything. Ignoring these conflicts won't make them go away and pretending they didn't happen won't assure if the same thing is brought up again another fight, probably more heated than the first, won't happen. Find ways that you and your partner can identify the problems between you two that need to be remedied. Once you know where the difficult areas are find a way to compromise to fix the problem.


Understanding these basic reasons misunderstandings happen will go a long way to fix the problems you have now and quickly stop any more conflicts from becoming bigger than they should be. Remember, you both want things to be peaceful, fun, and exciting between the two of you, so when conflicts arise that means something needs to be addressed to restore that peace and comfort zone. The sooner you act to fix it the better.







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