Do you feel like your relationship gets put on the back burner? If you reluctantly nodded your head, yes, don’t feel bad, it happens to the best of us. Relationships are hard to manage especially in the world we live in today.
You’d think staying connected with your partner would be a synch given the technology that sounds us, yet it has the opposite effect. Think about it, has your cell phone, iPad, IM account brought you closer together? Nope. Why is that? Because we use it for convenience and a distraction, not for connection. We remind our partner to pick up milk, or gripe about the latest office gossip, but rarely do we text, “You are so hot, I can’t wait to get the kids in bed tonight” or “I love you just as much as I did when we first met.”
In a day in age where convenience is our top priority, we must make date night a sustainable tradition that is easy to keep sacred. Connection is not an option, as humans we need it like air. In romantic relationships maintaining that ‘in love’ feeling takes time, attention, and intention. You long for that palpable love that you watch on TV or see on Facebook but don’t place enough importance on putting in the effort in real life.
If you want what you watch, stop allowing your relationship to drop down the totem pole. Pick it up and place it on a pedestal to be respected. Only when it is put as a top priority will you make time for just the two of you. And when you do that, not a TV show nor a post in your newsfeed will hold a candle to how in love you feel in real life.