My work with couples includes many who are in long term relationships - some of which span more than 35 years. It may be said that couples who have been together for a lengthy time have greater challenges keeping their love
alive - and fresh; since they have a great deal of history - including old wounds and hurts that may not have been healed - that come to the surface from time to time - igniting with it all of the pain and suffering that was once lived.
Many couples find themselves living parallel lives with their partner: each is busily immersed in their career, their responsibilities as a parent and in running the household - but enjoying limited personal engagement. Conversations become the means of organizing schedules and managing the lives of their children and there is less focus on the needs of the couple.
Present day couples espouse a busy life that often places their relationship secondary to that of their children and career - and while for a time this may seem to be a necessary aspect of juggling so much, it typically creates distance and separation for the two people who need to have a united front and a loving and close relationship.
The one criteria for making your couple relationship a priority is – desire.
If you and your partner have a desire to re-calibrate – to feel the love that was once present –
or to witness a newfound level of intimacy and closeness – then employing one (or hopefully all) of these strategies will help immensely for experiencing a new kind of love in your existing relationship.
The couples who are well suited for each other at the outset of their relationship - even as both will change with the progression of time, life events, and self-directed choices - are most likely to remain highly compatible. If you want to fall in love all over again with your partner, here are the most successful ways to do so:
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