Take your partner for granted. There's no better way to help hurry the end of the relationship than to just assume your partner is always there to make your life easier. ...
Gottman and Silver have identified the four destroyers to a good relationship. They call them the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. So dangerous to a healthy, loving relationship are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling.
Bad habits like constantly seeking reassurance, distrusting or spying on your partner, or complaining about your partner to other people can eat away at your mental health and self-confidence.
If you're not being satisfied emotionally, sexually or intellectually, it's probably time to move on. Ending a relationship is hard, but it's sometimes the only correct thing to do. If you and your partner aren't connecting on the most fundamental levels, it will be best for both of you to move on.
Red flags in a relationship include excessive jealousy and frequent lying. You should also be wary of a partner who frequently criticizes you or puts you down. Another major red flag is an unwillingness to compromise — relationships shouldn't be one-sided.
Aggressive or confrontational communication style. ...
You or your partner are spending extended periods of time with other people, like family and friends, at the expense of time you might usually spend together.
Relationship Destroyer #1: Keeping Your Attention on What's Wrong. Many people habitually keep their attention on everything negative that their partner does. By focusing on what's wrong, we create thinking habits that generate a sense of unrest and dissatisfaction within ourselves and the relationship.
One is trusting your partner enough to know that s/he won't cheat on you or otherwise hurt you — and to know that he or she trusts you that way, too. The other is trusting them enough to know they won't leave you or stop loving you no matter what you do or say.
It hurts a wife when the husband would rather confide in another woman and praise another woman. 7. It hurts a wife when she tries her best to be a good wife, cook for him, serve him, stay sexy for him, stay faithful to him; but he just doesn't notice her effort. 8.
“Quiet quitting in a relationship, or 'quiet dumping,' is when your partner chooses only to do the bare minimum required to date you without you breaking up with them… they've totally lost interest, but they don't want to be the one to break it off.
A relationship is toxic when your well-being is threatened in some way—emotionally, psychologically, and even physically. On a basic level, any relationship that makes you feel worse rather than better can become toxic over time.
