Some mistakes are too costly to be made and when these mistakes are made in a relationship, it can lead to the end of that relationship.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, these relationship mistakes should be avoided at all cost, because they can ruin your relationship.
1. NOT LISTENING TO EACH OTHER
Listening is an important part of communication and a big mistake many couples make is not listening to each other. Instead, in many relationships many couples want to be heard, but they don’t put efforts to listen.
2. TRUST ISSUES
A big mistake many couples make is not trusting each other. Trust is a vital ingredient for the success of a relationship and when trust is lacking, the relationship would gradually fall apart. Couples ought to build the trust in their relationship by putting up trustworthy acts.
3. BEING TOO SERIOUS
Every happy couple tend to have a playful side, but unhappy couples take things too serious; they rarely joke with each other and rarely put on a playful side. The relationship could get toxic when couples take things too seriously.
4. THE PAST
Past mistakes, past relationships and past misunderstandings must be forgotten if the relationship must move forward. But couples tend to let the past get in the way of the present and future, and this is a huge mistake to make.
5. BEING UNAPOLOGETIC
Being sorry for a mistake and rendering a sincere apology would make your relationship better and strengthen it on the long run, but this is hard for a lot of couples to do and this makes their relationship suffer.
6. NOT APPRECIATING
Your partner ought to feel appreciated; every good deed done in the relationship should be appreciated whether big or little. Somehow, a lot of couples fail to appreciate each other and the role they play in the relationship.
When one or both partners feel unappreciated then the relationship would suffer.
7. FIGHTING OVER LITTLE THINGS
If only it were things like infidelity, lies and deceit, money and other huge issues that make couples quarrel most of the times. Surprisingly, couples fight all the time over minor things such as toothpaste, toilet seat and other irrelevant things.
Fighting over little things would compound the relationship troubles if care isn’t taken.
8. BEING SECRETIVE
Secrets can ruin a relationship when found out; your partner deserves to know certain things going on in your life and when kept from them it could make them feel terrible or kill the trust they have for you.
9. SEEKING CONTROL
It’s unfair when you want to have your way all the time, make all the decisions in the relationship and try to control everything that happens in the relationship.
A relationship isn’t a battle between enemies; seeking control would only ruin it.
10. EXPECTING A PERFECT PARTNER
No one was born perfect; everyone has flaws. The world might be too predictable if everyone was perfect; it’s in our imperfections that we learn to be better. Expecting a perfect partner and a perfect relationship is unhealthy for your relationship and it’s a huge mistake to make.
11. LETTING THE ROMANCE DIE
Going on dates, getting each other gifts and having fun moments should always be part of your relationship; once this dies, the relationship might suffer from it too. Instead of letting the romance die, couples should try to spice things up regularly. When the romance dies in the relationship, then the relationship would definitely suffer.
People make mistakes, but these mistakes should be avoided as much as possible, because they can have a terrible effect on your relationship.
Shawn