This Is How To Know It’s Time To Let Go And Say Goodbye To A Partner You Still Love
One of the hardest situations to be in is being in a relationship with someone you still love deep down but aren’t happy with.
Sometimes, there are moments when you realize that you’re not getting anything out of your relationship anymore. Although you may love your partner, they can start feeling like a stranger, and you don’t enjoy your time with them like you used to.
That’s the peculiar thing about love – we can still love people we no longer like spending time with. Many divorced couples who had children together or went through a lot together may still feel love for their ex, but that doesn’t mean they’re meant to be together anymore.
If you love your partner but aren’t happy in your relationship, it may be time to move on. However, it’s an extremely difficult thing to do. You may be looking for some signs that it’s time to leave.
Here are a few indicators that it’s time to leave your partner, even if you still have love for them.
Your communication has died down
If communication has died down in your relationship in more ways than one, that’s a bad sign. For instance, it could start with you and your partner not texting or calling each other throughout the day. Then, it turns into you hardly speaking when you’re both home.
Communication is essential to a healthy relationship. If you don’t feel you can talk to your partner about anything at any time, it indicates that it may be time to end things.
You don’t feel emotionally connected to them
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When you’re emotionally connected to your partner, you feel like you can be yourself and be fully vulnerable in front of them.
In a strong relationship, you should be able to express your emotions in front of your partner, no matter what those emotions are. You’ll know your relationship isn’t working when you can’t do that.
You’re aggressive with each other
Whether you’re passive-aggressive or just plain-aggressive with your partner, it’s not good. Anger and aggression are normal from time to time in any relationship, but if it’s happening often, your relationship is not in a viable place.
Why would you want to stay with someone you’re constantly butting heads with?
There’s no affection
Your partner can easily start to feel like a stranger when there’s no affection in your relationship. If you struggle to remember the last time you affectionately hugged or kissed your partner, not in a routine way, that clearly indicates that something isn’t working.
Like communication, people in healthy relationships rely on affection.
You’ve started longing for the single life
Here and there, people in serious, long-term relationships reminisce on their single days and miss the independence. But if you’ve been longing for the single life often and feel an urge to be independent and free to do what you want, it might be something you need to pursue instead of ignore.
These are just a few indicators that you may need to end your relationship, even if you still have feelings of love for your partner. I know it’s hard, but you shouldn’t have to stay in a relationship where you’re unhappy.
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