Most couples experience bumpy roads in their relationship. However, with a little bit of foresight of those potential relationship problems, you can work together to move past them.
All relationships have their good days and their bad days, but couples who are still together have managed to successfully navigate those bad days to have more good days. They stick together, confront the problems they have and learn to work their issues out. They do this by reading articles and self-help books, go to counseling, join seminars, watch other successful couples and even try to work things out by trial and error.
2 Key Problems That Plague Relationships and Strategies To Get Past Them
Communication – Many problems in a relationship tend to be the result of poor/bad communication. There are many reasons for the lack of communication – too involved with work, too involved with social settings, too involved with electronics, etc.
4 Ways To Solve Communication Problems In Your Relationship
- Make appointments to spend time together. If you live in the same household, turn off or put cell phones on vibrate, make the kids go to bed and allow the voicemail to pick up the calls.
- If talking usually leads to yelling, consider going to a public location – park, restaurant, library so you’ll be ashamed if you’re seen yelling at each other.
- Put some rules together. When you’re partner is talking, don’t interrupt them. Never say the following phrases, “You never…” and “You always…”
- Watch the body language. You don’t want to come across as being insensitive – looking at the time, doodling, cutting your fingernails, etc.
Sex – Partners who love each can still be sexually mismatched. Many times it’s the lack of education and not knowing their own sexual self-awareness that can lead to sex problems in a relationship. However, sex is something that should not be given up. Sex brings couples closer together, releasing hormones that physically and mentally help the body.
3 Ways To Solve Sexual Problems In Your Relationship
- Planning is so essential when it comes to sex. Make a date to have sex with your partner. It doesn’t even need to be at night when people are sleeping. Consider a before work sexcapade or during a child’s naptime one Saturday afternoon. You could even ask your family or friends to watch the kids overnight to enjoy some one-on-one time with your significant other. And, you don’t have to do it in the bedroom. You could also have sex in other rooms of the home.
- Create a sexy list to learn what turns your significant other on. Swap them and make use of the list to better enjoy the sexual experience.
- If you’re unable to resolve the sexual problems yourselves, consider seeking the assistance of an experienced sex therapist to address the problems and get past them.