The Beech Group

Recipe for a Good Relationship 2
Talk every day and talk about something that is important to you at least once a week.
When you first meet someone you want to talk all the time. There is so much to share about past lives and hopes and dreams for the future.
If you are lucky enough to fall in love then there is so much to share and you cannot get enough information about this wonderful person. Lots of the talking may take place in bed after love making.
As time goes on and the relationship is cemented either by marriage or moving in together, the realities of life creep in. There is a need to work, often late into the evening, children arrive and they need to be looked after, money is often a pressing issue.
So many responsibilities to contend with that the conversation that was so full and vibrant gets reduced to “how are we going to pay this latest bill?” “what shall we have for dinner?” and similar necessity conversations.
Less and less do the couple talk about their love for each other and how the other is really feeling.
Therefore, setting aside a little time, maybe as little as 10 minutes, perhaps before going to sleep, to talk about how the events of the day have affected them. Once a week having a longer conversation concentrating on each other to the exclusion of the children and other demands will nurture relationship and keep it alive and dynamic.