Saving Your Relationship Helpful Tips and Suggestions
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Keeping your relationship in good shape will take work and both parties should be willing to participate. However, it isn’t always necessary to be able to save a marriage or relationship if one partner is more willing than the other. You will just need a plan. A plan that works and is easy to follow. More on that later.
First. Lets define what an intimate relationship is according to Wikipedia: An intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship. It is a relationship in which the participants know or trust one another very well or are confidants of one another, or a relationship in which there is physical or emotional intimacy.
Intimate relationships play a central role in the overall human experience. Humans have a universal need to belong which is satisfied when intimate relationships are formed. Intimate relationships consist of the people that we are attracted to, whom we like and love, romantic and sexual relationships, and those who we marry and provide emotional and personal support. Intimate relationships provide people with a social network of people that provide strong emotional attachments and fulfill our universal needs of belongingness and the need to be cared for.
Like with most relationships yours probably started off very strong filled with passion and total devotion. Then things happen and we often don’t even realize that the love and devotion that was one there has slowly disappeared leaving you feeling hopeless and helpless about the situation. You begin to rationalize that you did nothing to make this happen and refuse to take any of the responsibility, leaving with figuring out if you really want to get your ex back. (more…)
