Relationships are tricky. You or your partner may not have enough time to see each other often. Other circumstances, such as family, career, or priorities, also contribute to the fact that you drift away over time. From this, it becomes sad and anxious that the relationship will end. This article teaches you how to maintain a close relationship with a partner or restore them again.
1. Share your feelings
Take time to talk with a friend about your experiences and feelings. It is best to do this in person. But if your partner is too busy, ask him/ her to discuss everything over the phone or online. Share with your partner that you are worried about your separation from each other. Say you don’t want to lose him/ her and how much you love him/ her.
Talk to your partner about the reasons why he/ she is withdrawing. In some situations, this may be due to problems or everyday worries. And sometimes, such a conversation dots the “and” and makes us look at what is happening from a different angle. In any case, an honest and open discussion is one of the best ways to convey to your partner things that are important to you and decide how you will proceed.
2. Show that he/she is important to you
In the abundance of daily activities, we may forget to show loved ones how important they are to us. And this is necessary to stay close.
Send your partner a message in which you will put your photo with a fun song. This will make the person remember a funny moment or story about your relationship. Or send your partner a paper postcard if you’re on vacation in another country. When your lover goes through hard times, please him/her with a surprise. For example, delivering flowers if you can’t give them in person, or a pizza made especially for him/ her when you go to visit.
3. Focus on the good
Focusing on all the good things can bring the relationship back to its previous level. Pay attention to the things you did together and the places you visited. Offer to do it again, especially if you haven’t seen each other for a long time.
Keep the good memories at heart while you try to rekindle the relationship, and don’t let the negativity confuse you. Of course, it can be a shame that both cannot devote much time. In any relationship, there is a place for misunderstandings or disagreements. But learning to forgive and focus on the positive can help maintain and repair relationships.
However, sometimes circumstances are really above us. We understand that we are moving away from our lover and that the end of a relationship is simply inevitable. Focusing on the good things that happened between you will make it easier to experience this moment and leave only positive impressions in your memory.
4. Be responsible for your actions
Very often, people move away from us if we are irresponsible. For example, when we schedule appointments and cancel them at the last minute. Or we promise something and don’t deliver. The same applies to what we say to our partners and how we behave if we are wrong.
It is important to learn to admit mistakes, fulfill your promise, and show that you can rely on us. And then a good and close relationship with your lover can be returned.
5. Give your partner a chance to be alone
On the one hand, when we move away, we want to make every effort to prevent this from happening. But on the other hand, this temporary measure may be simply necessary for your lover.
You may be annoyed that he/ she rarely returns calls or can not make time at all to meet. However, you may not know what he/she is going through now. Some people cut off contact with others to cope with difficult emotions or simply to be alone with themselves due to burnout.
Be patient and give your partner as much time as he/she needs. You can gently ask her how he’s doing once a week or ask him/ her, to be honest about why he/ she is drifting away. It is worth leaving your lover alone for a while to continue being lovers in the future as before.
6. Take everything as it is
Suppose you’ve put in a lot of effort to get closer to your partner and improve your relationship, only to get annoyed or ignored. In that case, it’s time to stop and accept that moving away is inevitable.
Each of us makes a choice. We cannot influence someone’s desire to communicate with us. If your partner is drifting away and you see that there is no action on him/her part to save the relationship, it is worth focusing on other relationships and yourself and not on getting him/her back at all costs.
