People often gauge their relationships with feelings and love. But while love is the foundation of any happy romantic relationship, love is not always enough.
In order to have a healthy relationship, both parties must be prepared and committed to working things out.
If you have been expecting your relationship to work just because of love, think again. Relationships thrive with lots of efforts, time and substances put into it. No relationship succeeds overnight.
There are habits you must keep, to ensure a successful and loveful relationship with your partner.
These Are 7 Great Habits To Build A Strong Relationship With Your Partner
1. Love Languages
Love languages according to Gary Chapman are five in number. And they are words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. It is very important to know which of the love languages speaks to you, also with your partner. You may consider talking about it.
Ensure to fend regularly to your partner’s love language consistently. This would help grow your relationship with your partner.
2. Pray Together
This may seem odd and religious to many, but a stat has it that the divorce rate of couples who pray together everyday is one percent. This is sure something to consider in your relationships.
A Christian saying reaffirms this, “When we pray together, we stay together.”
3. Spend Quality Time Together
Despite being mentioned in the 5 love languages, quality time is desired by everyone. Being constantly on phone while with a partner, is not an investment of quality time.
It doesn’t matter how much time you and your partner spend together. The major focus is to have quality time invested.
4. Appreciating Eachother
Perhaps, because of ‘over familiarities’, couples often do not remember to appreciate their partners. Sometimes we think it, but we don’t remember to show it. This also come to bear in our romantic relationships as well.
Show your special someone that you love him or her. You can express this with words, cards, flowers, acts of kindness, or more. Remember, a flower a day keeps the fights at bay.
Okay, maybe not every day…lol, but you get the point.
5. Do Not Bottleup Anger
Resentment can build when we say we are fine, but bottleup spiteful feeling inside of us. If you are upset, communicate your emotions respectfully instead of bottling them up.
Don’t keep saying “Do what you want” and then freeze on your spouse with an icy silence.
Do not become a bitter partner. Express emotions with respect.
6. Sex! Sex!! Sex!!!
Yay! Its sex talk. Let’s talk sex.
Sex is simple. The more you have it, the more you want it. The less you have it, the less you want it. That is sex. But unfortunately, the less you have it, the less also you will likely feel connected to your partner.
Won’t you rather keep your sex life alive and interesting? “Spicing it up” is not just meant for the kitchen.
7. Give And Stop Expecting
Giving with a receiver mind, is setting yourself up for frustrations and disappointments. For love to to be sustained, we need to invest endlessly in our relationships. What this means is that, we give, give and give, without measuring how much we have gotten back.
Now start giving because you deserve a home filled with love and life!
