In every relationship today, one or both partner is attracted to the other by a quality that shines through.
It’s easier to start a relationship than to keep the relationship started stronger.
Often, I see couples trying to build a strong relationship with a partner right at the very moment they’re trying to erect the relationship. At this time, even when the relationship is very much fragile, there is much caring, love, and signs of belonging.
In the long run, as both partners continue to live together and know each other more deeply, there might be a decrease in those qualities they both shared before. If the connection decreases one partner might encounter a new person who appears to show a bunch of the love and care they’ve previously received from their partner. At this point, the love they once felt for their partner changes into one where they want to find connect with this new partner and all they’re yet to know about them.
To build a stronger relationship with your partner without watching them go looking for it outside their home, the following ways should be considered:
1. Show endless love and caring.
There’s a saying “only a jobless man will use all the time he has in showing or proving his love to his partner.”
It’s okay to justify like this, but when you honestly love a person, you’ve got to secure the time to keep showing inexhaustible love and caring to your partner.
Be present when you’re with them. Check on their well-being. Consider the happiness of both partners equally. Remember how how your partner shines.
2. Be always brave and truthful.
In a world where multiple people easily believe the lies they were told over the truth, you’ve got to remain factual both in your words and in actions to your partner. This builds trust. If it is an upsetting truth, be as kind as possible when you tell it. But partners are there for each other in moments of honesty.
Lies are for the faint of heart.
3. Show affection and gratefulness.
Human by nature is well-known to be insatiable.
Many are fond of not appreciating the effort of their partners.
They tend to see the luxurious life their friends are living with their partners and thus, become jealous and unappreciative of the one they received from their very own home.
Showing gratitude to the little things done to you by your partner create the very fabric of a relationship.
4.Good communication is a gigantic step towards peace.
Some people do not know how to start a good and lively conversation with their partners.
When various issues arise, they don’t know how to be present and they end up discussing issues in a way that makes things worse and not better.
The way and manner you speak and present things to your significant other should be marvelous to hear as this will always make them show curiosity in listening to what you’ve got to say.
5. Always give a good compliment to your partner.
Both women and men are known to adore being called sweet names as it makes many of them feel loved. But this can be a conversation, an agreement and a shared point of view about what you both like
Complimenting your partner with names like honey, buttercup, love bug, precious, sunshine, boo, sweetheart, darling, miss-beauty/Mr-handsome Etc, cheering them doesn’t only make them feel on top of the world, it also makes them have a warm pulse rate.
Not every partner is able to sustain everything on this list every day. That’s ok. The point is, you want someone who is going to try.
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This post was previously published on medium.com.
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