A TOO-GOOD Marriage/Relationship?
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009HUH? That’s what I said when I say the heading of this article! Now, you can have a too-perfect marriage/relationship. I know not anything is perfect, but when you have something good… Why try and ruin it and make an article about being too happy! CRAZY!
The Article:
You’re the perfect couple, people say — so in sync, you never fight. Or they marvel at how you’re always together 24/7, or how you’ve got a super marriage (the Big Careers, the beautiful house, the great family). Relationship experts asked whether there might be trouble in paradise.
The No-Argument Couple
By not fighting, you’re not engaging each other and that may be due to a fear of intimacy. These relationships can last a long time while you function well as parents without any hint of problems, but you often become more buddies than lovers. “It’s a category we call the parallel marriage,” which tends to turn flat and colorless.
The Attached-at-the-Hip Couple
By all accounts, you get along famously. But “fused” pairs, may harbor a fear of separation and can blend together with such strong dependence that they lack any kind of individual identity.This is especially true when you’re with each other to the exclusion of everyone else. “One partner can end up feeling trapped, smothered by the relationship, and that they can’t possibly express a need for independence without the other feeling totally betrayed,” “So they stay and then suddenly they can’t tolerate it and they’re gone.” One warning sign of a split is a mate who seems newly distracted or “just not there anymore.”
The Two Mega-Paycheck Couple
Ultrabusy partners “need to schedule time together — set it aside, have it weekly — in a way that both are declaring that they hold their relationship precious and are giving it priority,” Love requires nurturing. You should have at least five times as many positive moments together as negative if your relationship is to be stable. Translation: Just don’t forget to have a good time.
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