Why are relationships today fading away?

When you first fall in love you feel like you are on top of the world, you feel butterflies in your stomach, you see stars and colours seem brighter. But after a while you may feel that your fire has been extinguished, as the passion fades away.

Here are a few signs that are often reasons for a fading relationship:

Monotony

This refers to the fact that couples get bored in the relationship and overtime, this causing their excitement to fade away. They feel that there is nothing new to explore and begin to drift away gradually.

Infidelity

Trust issues develop majorly amongst partners, once one of them has been caught cheating on the other one. This leads to a lot of insecurity and fear that the partner may cheat on them again.

No quality time

Busy work schedules make it difficult for couples to spend quality time together. Apart from that they also have a family and extended family that needs their time often.

Changing priorities

The butterflies that are seen at the start of the relationship do not last forever. Overtime a couple may drift away as both have different career, travel or life goals.

Long distant relationships

A relationship that once started at the same location, but due to reasons any one of the partner has to now shift base, managing a relationship through this transition may sometimes be tough.

Social media

Social media often glorifies relationships, surprise proposals and gender reveal celebrations making individuals feel less loved by their

partner.

Less communication

Decreasing communication overtime or replying in just a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ has been a major reason why couples drift away. For some partners it is important to know how the other feels as they made find it difficult to read between the lines.

Passive aggression

This means that a couple is angry or upset with the other, but choose not to speak about it. They instead stay quiet about it, or passive. Here one partner may need to initiate a conversation or else there would be no end.

Taking for granted

Do you feel that you get complacent in a relationship as you know you have your partner to fall back on at the end of the day? If your answer is yes, it is time to spice up your relationship.

Stop making plans

Plans as made at the start of the relationship may not be made throughout. It is thus important for the couple to sit together and plan a vacation or staycation together, to rekindle the relationship.

Lack of commitment

A relationship is made up of 2 individuals both of which need to bear 50-50% of responsibility. Lack of commitment from any one person here, will make the other one feel less wanted.

Incompatibility

If you are in a long-term relationship and feel that the two of you have grown out of love, and are no longer compatible with each other, it is time you make a list of the things that you are compatible and incompatible with. Process your thoughts and feelings before you decide to go ahead, or end the relationship.

Online relationships

Most individuals get into online relationships without having met the person directly. The chances of cheating are higher, since you hardly know anything about the person. Apart from cheating, the risk of safety while sharing personal details is also high.

Lack of sexual satisfaction

Sexual intimacy is an important part of any relationship. It is not always necessary that the couple may have the same likes or dislikes. Some couples also have a different libido or sexual drive. It is thus important for the couple to communicate about how they feel. Telling your partner about your likes and dislikes will definitely help.

There is no such concept as a perfect relationship, what feels great at the start is because it is the start. Overtime the sparks in every relationship begin to fade away. However how you keep it alive determines the success of your relationship. All couples have at sometime had an argument if not a fight, and if they say they never have, they are certainly lying.

If you feel you are done with your relationship and there is nothing left to salvage, in spite of making multiple efforts, it would be wise to have a conversation with your partner, and end things in a dignified manner. Ghosting someone or keeping them hanging is the most inappropriate thing that one can do.