Keep Romance Hot! 🔥
No one enters a marriage or begins a relationship expecting the spark of romance to fade, yet this is often the reality for many new couples.
If you find yourself in a season where your relationship feels distant or lacking, and you’re unsure how to move forward, I encourage you to learn and regularly speak your partner’s primary love language. Doing so can foster a positive shift and guide your heart toward a more intentional connection.
Additionally, here are a few more tips to keep the romance burning hot:
1. Keep talking — Sometimes when we feel distant from our partner, we stop sharing our feelings and try to resolve conflicts by falling into an attitude of “Why bother?” Don’t make this mistake. Sure, it will take patience and persistence to maintain communication, but eventually it will pay off. Prolonged silence and stonewalling should never be an alternative to working towards differences being resolved.
2. Keep your relationship off the back burner — If you want to keep the romance in your relationship, don’t ever put your relationship with your partner on the back burner. It may be easy to do when your lives get busy and life starts moving fast, but it won’t help grow the most important relationship in your life. Neglect is like poison to your relationship, but attention is like fertilizer.
3. Find new things to love in your partner — When you stop being curious about the person you’ve committed your life to, you lose interest. Make it your lifelong pursuit to keep discovering the intricacies of who they are, what they enjoy, and who they are becoming. Find the goodness in your partner rather than focusing on the things that frustrate or irritate you.
4. Get rid of potential wedges in your relationship — Root out the things that have the potential to drive a wedge in your relationship. These may be things like pride, unforgiveness, unbridled anger, or even negative words. They may also come from external sources such as negative input from family and friends, an overbooked schedule, or a toxic community. In order for love to grow strong, keep the garden of your relationship or marriage well pruned.
I hope as you find the strength to apply these tips, they help you take positive steps toward your relationship and happiness you’ve always wanted.