They say that
love is blind and marriage is an eye opener. I believe that when you are in the
initial stages of love you are so consumed, mesmerized and focused on
impressing your partner that you lose sight and overlook any shortcomings.
Over time the
butterflies in your stomach get tired and you no longer get that tingling
feeling when you see your partner. You are now more comfortable burping
and farting in each other’s presence, basically you take each other’s existence
for granted. The drive to impress dwindles with each passing day and over time.
If you manage to pick up after yourself or put the toilet seat down you
consider that a huge favor you have bestowed upon your partner.
Life can get
too routine and predictable, it is at this time we have a choice to let things
be, or try and bring some excitement back into your life and your partner’s
life. Some veteran couples may tell you that if you have something good let it
be. I however feel that you need to rock the boat and stir up some excitement
to get the zing back. Even if you have managed to bring some excitement for a
day or two, you are moving in the right direction.
I’ve written
a couple of posts in the past about relationships and in each one I reiterate,
don’t take your partner for granted for in the midst of routine and
boredom you would either neglect your partner or get into something that you
should not.
The simplest
way to get back on track is to have open conversations; now having such a
conversation is tough as at times we do not want to be completely honest as we
fear how the other person will react. What we forget that if we aren’t
completely honest we will never know how our significant other will react and
we carry that burden of a secret or discontent for years.
I have seen
people hide things from their partners and I know that it eats into them as
they are unable to be truly honest. If your relationship is strong enough it
will endure some bitter truths, however if your relationship is built on lies
it will one day crumble before your eyes and you will have no time to salvage
anything from it. Life is not a result of one big choice that we make, but it
is a list of little choices that make us who we are.
For any
relationship to be successful, you need to have those hard conversations and
hope for the best. One should never forget that a brilliance of a diamond
is achieved from a piece of coal. It is only time, endurance and immense
pressure that make it unbreakable and precious. You need to learn to sift the
glass from the diamonds.
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