6 Ways To Fall Back In Love With Your Partner

Relationships are tough, we all know that. It doesn’t matter how long you have been in a relationship, you’ll find that you have good days and bad days. There are moments when you couldn’t feel more happy and in love, and then there are days where you seriously question your own judgement and wonder why you are with your partner in the first place.

Successful relationships are no walk in the park – it takes compromise and hard work to make your relationship last. We all have highs and lows and ups and downs, but if you get to the stage where you feel as though you have fallen out of love with your partner, it can be very difficult to come back from that.

However, before you give up on your relationship and throw everything away, perhaps you need to think about what has gone wrong in your relationship to make you feel this way, and if there is anything you can do to make it better again.

# Tell them what you need

If you state your needs explicitly, then your partner will have no excuses. Often, it can be a series of misunderstandings that lead you to getting to the point where you feel that your relationship is no longer working.

If you tell your partner exactly what you need to make the relationship work, then you are being completely honest with them. This way, you have laid all your cards on the table, and it is up to them to decide whether they can provide you with what you need.

Don’t expect your partner to be a mind reader. So, if you are feeling dissatisfied with the relationship, tell them what you want.

# Ask what your partner needs

If you have told your partner what you need to make the relationship work, then you should be willing to listen to what they need too. When you talk about your needs, whether they are emotional or physical, try to be receptive to one another, try not to get defensive or shut the other person out.

It can take a while to truly understand the root causes of your problems and work out exactly what you each desire, or where you think things have gone wrong. And sometimes it can be tough to hear. But if you don’t communicate this way with one another, your relationship will most likely fall apart.

# Be receptive to what your partner asks of you

It can be very easy to think what you have asked of your partner is perfectly acceptable. But when they ask you to make similar changes, you might think that they are being ridiculous or asking too much.

Remember, it is very easy to see the faults in another person, and far more challenging to see them in yourself. So keep an open mind, be sensitive, and work together to get to a point where you feel as though you are both making a mutual effort to make the relationship work.

# Be positive

When you first think about the fact that you may not be in love with your partner anymore, it is so easy to head into a downwards spiral of negativity and quickly get into the mindset that your relationship is doomed.

So if you want the relationship to continue, you need to think positively. If you are too negative, it will be almost impossible to see a way out.

# Talk about the future

If you want to feel excited about your relationship again, then talk about what you both want from the future.

Having these plans together and imagining the future, while still by each other’s side, will bring you closer. This way, you are working towards a common goal, you have a clear idea of what you want and can imagine your life still together years from now.

Having these ‘big picture’ conversations *such as buying a house or having kids together* will help your relationship feel stronger than ever before. And the fact that you are talking about committing to a future with one another also speaks volumes, and it’s also a great thing to do if you want to know how to fall back in love.

# Make time for each another

Being in a successful relationship is not only about understanding one another’s needs, it is about making sure you still pay attention to your partner and spend time together doing the things you love.

It is so easy, particularly in long term relationships, to stop appreciating one another or making an effort. If you spend most of your evenings sitting on armchairs mindlessly watching hours of TV, you are forgetting to talk to one another, to have fun and laugh together, and to keep getting to know one another.

Spending time talking, doing something active, and going on dates is so important to keep the romance and spark in your relationship alive.