8 Simple Ways to Make a Long Lasting Relationship

Aren’t new relationships fun? The two of you are constantly discovering (and being awed) by new things about each other. There seems to be so many new things to do together. Overall every moment is exciting and you are positively glowing with the effects.

However as time passes, things become a lot less exciting. It is easy to slip into complacency with our partner. However there comes a point where you are so fed up of each other that you can’t wait to get rid of them. Thus begins the search for a new relationship, new happiness and the same cycle starts afresh.

But is this the right way to do things? Don’t you want to know what you could do to make your relationships lasting, well don’t look further, here are 8 tips which can help you do just that:

1. Have a unified vision of what you want your life together to be

It is easy to get lost in the mundane of the everyday. However to strengthen your relationship you need to look beyond the everyday, and start wishing for a future that involves both of you.

2. Always make time for your physical closeness

For any long term relationship, physical intimacy is as necessary as anything else. It helps your emotional bonding and enables the couple to fight through the rest of the drudgeries (job, loans, kids) together.

3. Communication is the key

As you might have already know. But do you know why, because communication is as important in the beginning of a relationship as it is 10 years afterwards. Learn to convey and understand, things with your partner and you’d find half your problems vanish. The other half can be dealt by communicating about them.

4. Focus on the positive

Relationships can get busy, and hard and not at all romantic at times. These are the times when you should remember the past and appreciate what you have together.

5. Prepare yourself for certain changes

Change is as natural as ageing. And expecting your partner to be the exact same as they were on your first date, 10 years after marriage is simply not acceptable. Learn to embrace the changes (big and small) they go through, because they are not the only ones changing.

6. Find the middle ground

None of us want to compromise but sometimes, especially in a relationship it becomes crucial that we do. Learn to listen to and respect each other’s opinion and come to a solution together.

7. Don’t hesitate in apologizing

We are mere humans. We make mistakes. But when it comes to apologizing for them, we become stubborn and reluctant. In a relationship, an unwillingness to apologize when you’re wrong can be lethal. Don’t let your stubbornness get in the way of you two being together.

8. Find resilience

And despite doing all this, some days it would seem too difficult to maintain your relationship. On these days choose to be with your partner despite everything. As long as you remain steadfast in your resolve to make it work, everything else will work itself out.