Sustaining a relationship is no piece of cake. It requires constant effort and hard work. And the key to maintaining a healthy relationship is by infusing it with positive habits.
Habits work like second nature to us. When we take the time to create a pattern of positive habits in a relationship, the impact is powerful. Falling in love is simply not enough; you have to stay in love. Staying in love depends on certain principles that both you and your partner believe in.
Growing up, I saw a relationship of my parents who are still married to this day, very strained and filled with dependance and not so much love. It was filled with anger, fighting, hatred, and yelling. I knew that was nothing like what I wanted when I found my forever partner. And I wanted something exactly the opposite actually.
I wanted love and appreciation and respect and open communication.
5 Habits of a Happy Couple who are Deeply in Love
Here are 5 habits of a happy couple who are deeply in love:
1. Expressing appreciation to your partner
Take the time to appreciate your partner in little ways daily. It can be as simple as bringing home a bunch of flowers or leaving behind a small love note.
Make it a habit to make your partner feel loved, noticed, and appreciated every single day. Take time out of the day to spend it with them, and strengthen your emotional bonds. There needs to be private time allocated for the two of you every day.
2. Communication is key
One of the most powerful habits you can form in a relationship, one that several couples struggle to maintain, is the art of communication.
Communication is the key to a healthy relationship. However, often, we feel scared to communicate our negative feelings in the fear of picking fights or end up communicating our feelings in the wrong way.
It must be remembered that your partner is not a mind reader. They will not know what’s bothering you until you tell them. And the way to tell them that is not by yelling, it’s by having a calm, rational conversation where you air your grievances.
No matter what, maintain the habit of never going to bed angry with each other. If one of you is hot-headed, the other person has to strive to maintain their cool in crisis situations. Listen, communicate, solve. As easy as that!
3. Respect your partner
Respect your partner even when you disagree with them. Mutual respect is an integral part of a healthy relationship.
Respecting your partner means acceptance of your differences in values. Respect is when you accept your partner as they are, even though they might have a different opinion or a past. Treat your partner the way you would expect to be treated by them.
4. Consider yourself a team
Engrave this in your mind – you and your partner are not in competition with each other. You don’t belong to opposite teams.
When you realize that you are on the same side, you can work together to achieve your goals more efficiently. Small or big, you should see each goal as a chance for you and your partner to connect deeper and work for your mutual improvement.
A couple in a healthy relationship helps each other grow instead of being jealous of each other. You and your partner can work on your goals better when you give a concerted effort, always remember that.
5. Say positive things about your partner to others
Do you know what is the opposite of a happy couple? A couple who is always complaining about each other’s flaws to people.
Once again, as a couple, you work on building each other up, not tearing each other down. Accept your partner’s flaws, and focus on their positive attributes instead of focusing on their negative ones. When you express the positive attributes of your partner to other people, your bond strengthens and the love between you grows.
Lastly,
Remember, no one is perfect. Love is all about acceptance and seeing the perfect among all the imperfections.
A relationship is like a seed you sow; you need to nurture the seed into a sapling and then into a fully blooming plant with constant love and care. By implementing the above-mentioned positive habits in your relationship, you make a conscious effort to deepen your connection and maintain a healthy relationship.
No one expects you to get it right the first round. Practice makes a human perfect, and it is with daily practice that you will be able to inculcate these crucial habits into your relationship, resulting in an everlasting and affectionate bond between you and your partner.
If you are struggling to keep the love alive or wondering how to get to a place where you are madly in love with your partner, or even in a new relationship, I encourage you to check out this post about how to start building and keeping the spark alive in your relationship.
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