By Mary Simon, Psy.D.

Wish love in your relationship? You need to focus on a different R, R-e-s-p-e-c-t. It’s disastrous to lose the respect while it’s sad to lose the initial romance of a relationship! lack of respect contributes to resentment, and resentment destroys love. Additionally the longer you stay angry at your lover, the harder it will be to rekindle any such thing, not to mention love.

The Doomed Romantic Phase The bad news is we soak up their attention like the hot Mexico sun in January that it’s not possible for relationships to return to the intense high of the initial romantic stage—the stage where we’re blind to our partner’s faults, when. This high, which initially appeals to us one to the other and makes us tolerant of your partner’s faults, goes away completely since clearly because the sun sets. Continue reading →