The world around us today is full of people who have failed to find satisfaction in their relationships.
Marriages are crumbling daily for simple and avoidable reasons.
I believe we can all have beautiful relationships, that can weather the storms and blossom against all odds.
Here are 5 simple things you can do to improve your relationship:

1. Good Communication: Yes, I know you've heard this many times but I am also sure by now you have understood that hearing/knowing is not quite thesame as doing. One key in every successful relationship is for both parties to talk, about everything.
There really are no limits to what you can and should talk to your partner about, especially in marriage.

2. Learn how to use the Magic Words

Many words that we often take for granted could greatly help to improve a lot of relationships. Words thank you, Sorry, please, I love you etc., may look simple but they are very powerful tools.
Many prople, perhaps due to their upbringing or mere ego, find it really hard to say these words and that has ended up hurting many relationship. And to add too, you can never do too much of affirming your love for your partner. If we are to forgive seventy times seven times in a day, I guess it wouldn't be out of place to affirm your love those number of times too *winks*

3. Forgive and Grow

First of all, to mantain a healthy relationship, you must have a heart that readily forgives. We are all humans, aiming for perfection (and none of us is there yet by the way), so the unavoidable tendency to offend is there. Added to this too, is the fact that both of you came from different backgrounds and will see several things differently, so you must be willing to forgive faults and overlook presumed imperfections.
Secondly, while each partner expects to be forgiven, when he/she offends, each must also continue to grow. You don't expect your partner to keep forgiving and overlooking thesame flaws repeatedly for years without any effort towards a positive change, coming from you.

4. Learn Your partner's Love Language and speak it.

This one is about the most important of them all and a lack of proper understanding in this regard has cost many relationshionships dearly.

There are five major love languages spoken by every human and people respond depending on which category (or combination of categories) they fall.
We have:

a.)Gifts
b.)Quality time
c.) Acts of service
d.) Words of Affirmation
e.) Physical Touch (not necessarily sexual)

For the purpose of this post, I cannot go into details about each of the love languages but suffice it to know that the key is not to communicate in the language you prefer, but to find out your partner's and exptess it to him/her. People respond better when you express love to them in thrir own unique language and a person can respond to a combination of these five languages.
5. Be Yourself.

This one does not need too much sermonizing. Jst don't try to tirn your relationship into an African Magic episode or a holly wood movie. Don't paint a picture that is not real because soon enough, tge ink will fade and the real image will ve laid bare. Just be you and allow your partner love you for your unique attributes.


*N/B: Recommended for Reading: Five love Languages by Gary Chapman (infact you should own one)
I wish you all blossoming and fruitful relationships...you can add your for us to learn from

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Noted...

I'll Come back to read when I enter a relationship

alberto2k:
Noted...

I'll Come back to read when I enter a relationship

That will mean creating extra work for you and your partner, why not try to build yourself now that you are still single - that is if you are o

Bamibor:


That will mean creating extra work for you and your partner, why not try to build yourself now that you are still single - that is if you are o

Noted again

Gracias

alberto2k:


Noted again

Gracias

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Thanks for the info. Op. Getting that book this week, i once saw it with a friend but he refuse to borrow me; asking me to go buy mine.

phymeon:
Thanks for the info. Op. Getting that book this week, i once saw it with a friend but he refuse to borrow me; asking me to go buy mine.

Well I don't blame your friend too much *smiles*.
It's one book we ought to own for ourselves.