Silent Ticking Time Bombs That You May Want To Diffuse To Save Your Loving Relationship

You or your partner's ability to read each other's minds can be through separate emotional lenses and it is unfair to expect anyone to read their minds accurately and address their needs. Every relationship needs effort, patience, love, respect, and trust and when the foundation becomes shaky, it becomes essential to spot the underlying causes, understand them and work on them as a team.

Having toxic thoughts can negatively impact relationships and can also influence our emotions, actions and behaviour. When this remains unchecked for a period of time, it can hurt partners and can mess up relationships really bad or damage a relationship entirely.

Talking about long-term relationships, the unexpressed thoughts, and underlying issues, can drag along for so long- maybe for months and years like a silent ticking bomb before finally exploding and causing major damage to relationships.

Know the silent ticking time bombs that you may want to diffuse to save your relationship.

1. Not Appreciating Enough

In a relationship, it is important to feel valued and respected, and when a partner doesn't feel appreciated enough for the efforts they put in for a long time it can be upsetting for them. They may also have a feeling that their partner is taking them for granted. Over a period of time the hurt, and sadness can become overwhelming and make things really messy in your relationship. Showing gratitude and giving her compliments to show how much they mean to you.

2. Not Setting Boundaries With Friendships

Friendships are a crucial part of everyone's life but when the boundaries become blurred in friendships, it can create problems in intimate or romantic relationships. Friendships can be time-consuming and at some point, if there is no transparency maintained between you and your partner, it can lead to suspicion, and insecurity, also your partner can question your loyalty. Worse, these friendships can also become like an emotional or sexual outlet and can lead to extramarital affairs.

3. Using Too Much Technology

Technology can bring a lot of distractions in relationships and can prevent you and your partner to connect on a deeper level. Instead of not having important conversations, when one or both partners are more focused on their phones or keep checking their social media constantly it can create a serious disconnect in relationships and the worse part is when this behaviour continues over a period of time, without even realizing the partners can be pulling out the plug on their own relationship or marriage.

4. Inclining Towards Negative Traits

Characteristics and personality traits are predictors of our behaviours and attitudes. Being negative such as being impatient, lazy, judgemental or complacent for a long period of time can be a deal breaker. When these behaviours become persistent, serious problems can arise in the relationships. Be aware of the behaviours and how it affects your partner and relationship as a whole and keep them under check.

Some people have short fuses and fly into adult temper tantrums. Some people are negative, critical or bossy. Some people are self-focused, lazy or impatient. Some people are overly emotional, judgmental or complacent. Wait a minute...almost all of us are like that, at least on occasion! We're only human; however, serious problems arise when these behaviours become commonplace and persistent, and when they affect the overall, long-term interactions in the marriage.

5. Having A Marriage That Is Child-Centered

Kids are a priority for every couple but shifting all your energy and focus on kids and leaving none for your relationship with your partner. Over a long period of time, it is possible that couples can lose sight of their own romantic partnership or the foundation on which their marriage was built. When love between the partners dissolves and only dutiful co-parents stay in a relationship, that is the time to identify the issues and get things back on track.

6. Not Having Enough Physical Intimacy

No matter how emotionally intimate you are with your partner, not having enough physical intimacy or maintaining a healthy one can diminish romantic feelings over a period of time. Having a healthy sex life, cuddling your partner, holding hands, and sharing kisses are essential because they act like glue and keep a couple together. If your relationship is lacking this then it is time for you to delve deep and fix the issues that create a barrier between you and your partner when it comes to intimacy.

7. Not Communicating Properly

This can drain the love really fast from your relationship. Lack of proper communication can arise due to unresolved conflicts which make it difficult to manage stressors and stops the relationship to grow or develop in a positive way. It can be raising a voice, engaging in arguments, walking away from a problem or just assumptions. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of your partner and instead of sweeping problems under the rugs, understand and address them to diffuse this silent ticking bomb and strengthen your relationship's foundation.

8. Ignoring your partner's issues

Not listening to your partner or dismissing their issues can mean disrespecting them or not treating them as equals. You may or may not agree with your partner's words, actions or perspectives, but listening to their needs or problems is the key to solving them. It can be anything related to money, sex, household chores, texting, in-laws, friends, etc. All you have to do is keep an open heart so that you can work together and come up with a solution.

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