By Kelsey Borresen — 2019
Experts say this common communication issue can push couples apart.
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You can’t talk someone out of being in love with Darth Vader, and sadly, the worse it gets the more your friend might try to talk himself into trying to make it work because if there is a happy ending all the ways he’s had to abase himself to stay in the relationship will have been “worth it.
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela
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Many people believe that if you meet the right person and fall in love, you are meant to be with this person. That there won’t be anything you will ever want to change about them. That it should just work out.
The five stages of a relationship are the Merge, Doubt and Denial, Disillusionment, the Decision, and Wholehearted Love. Every single relationship moves through these five stages—though not only once.
Instead of arguing or ignoring things, read the signs and take effective action.
While some couples are happier than others, and some are definitely more compatible, every couple has arguments or really difficult conversations at least once in a while. It's normal, but not everyone talks about them.
There’s no guidebook for relationship struggles – but there are ways to deal with them.
When it comes to relationships, most of us are winging it.
Traits that don’t fit our traditional narrative of what love should be are actually necessary ingredients for a healthy relationship.
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It's the rare couple that doesn't run into a few bumps in the road. If you recognize ahead of time, though, what those relationship problems might be, you'll have a much better chance of getting past them.