Think about your romantic relationship now. When you compare it to your connection with your partner at the beginning, it’s not the same. This realization may sound scary, but don’t worry. If you have one common element with your partner, you will stay in love.

To Stay In Love, You Must Focus On Friendship

It may be strange to say that you should focus on friendship. However, there’s a valid reason for it. Think about what’s going to happen as soon as your honeymoon phase is over.

In case you have no clue, the honeymoon phase happens at the beginning of every relationship. Because everything is new and exciting, you will feel like you’re on top of the world. However, as months pass by and both of you feel more comfortable with each other, the spark will slowly fade. read more

When you meet someone truly interesting on a dating app, the best step to take to ensure that everything is moving forward is to ask this person out. You shouldn’t delay anymore, especially if you already feel something for the individual. But, how do you get from saying your first “hello” to going on your first app date?

Never Overthink Your Moves If You Want To Go On Your First App Date

If you really think about it, there’s nothing to overthink. As soon as you meet someone online, the most basic things that you need to do are introduce yourself, establish a connection, then ask the person out on a date. However, because we get nervous, or we think too much about what to do next, we don’t think of the steps to take clearly. If this sound like you, chill out. All you have to do is master six phases: read more

There are so many small changes that you can do today to make your significant other happy and elevate your relationship. But, you don’t really make these small adjustments because you’re so focused on different things like work, chores, friends, and family. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course. However, we should always refocus ourselves to improving our relationship if it is that important to us.

It Doesn’t Require A Lot Of Effort To Elevate Your Relationship

We mistakenly make the assumption that improving our relationship is hard work. It can be if the repairs that are needed are major. However, if we start with the little things as early as now, we don’t need to invest much of our time and effort into building a relationship that’s going to stand the test of time. For example, these small changes can really make a difference: read more

A lot of people think that when you are in an unpredictable relationship, you instantly become more passionate towards your partner. No one has really proven that this is true, but it is a popular belief. If things are uncertain and unpredictable, will it really spark more fire or is it a way for your relationship to be ruined?

An Unpredictable Relationship Decreases Relational Satisfaction

A study conducted in 2013 studied the daily behaviors of 165 couples. The researchers aimed to see if being in an unpredictable relationship can impact the quality of the participant couples’ relationship.

Based on the data they analyzed, couples would report lesser relational satisfaction when they cannot predict their partner’s behavior. Also, with the newer couples, one person would invest less effort to make the relationship work because uncertain actions translate to an uncertain future. read more