Oct 29, 2011

Discover If the Emotions You're Feeling Is Part of a Stage in Your Marriage

By Sarah Scott


In long term relationships and marriages, a growing gap between each couples is a common thing. It can be very heartbreaking to think your relationship is losing it's spark and to be constantly doubting whether you and your partner belong together is not easy.

In a beginning of a relationship, everything is fresh and exciting. This is known as the "Honeymoon" phase and it can last between a few months to 2-3 years (it changes with each couple.) This phase is very exciting, passionate and romantically ecstatic. Ultimately after being together for quite a bit, you and your other half will begin to see details about each other that you may not have seen at the start of the relationship. This is a stage when your relationship becomes deeper on a more intimate level.

At that point, you and your partner may or may not be living together but when you as a couple share personal space, that's when you start seeing certain habits you haven't spotted before and might have conflicts that may shatter your belief in your relationship. Also at about that point you and your spouse begin to make stage-changing decisions together like buying an auto, house. Sharing bank accounts or marrying.

Here is where many women or men begin to question their relationship. At about that point, your relationship is a stark contrast to the thrilling and fresh honeymoon phase. You know you love your other half, but you wonder why your relationship is not as easy as it used to be. That's because you each are going through a different phase in your relationship which will require effort and work to cultivate your love.

Here is where you and your other half are going to have to find an effective way to deal with conflicts and strengthen your marriage. At this stage, your relationship may get a touch more challenging to keep together. You and your partner fight a little more and your relationship may go through a turbulence of mix emotions. This is when you question whether you and your partner should be together.

This is a hard stage because it is so different to relationship bliss that you had at the beginning stages of your relationship. This is when many marriages fail. Unless you can find a healthier way to coping with conflicts and stressful circumstances. Couples who make it through this stage comes out stronger than ever before. They have developed abilities to better communicate, compromise and resolve conflicts.

What you're feeling is very normal and it doesn't mean you have fallen out of love with your partner and that your relationship is heading straight for trouble. It just implies you and your other half are going through a certain phase which will give your relationship an opportunity to grow and reach it's total potential.




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