Rebuilding Rob

As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today

What is the most difficult part about being in love?

It’s kind of ironic when I get these questions now asking me about being in love. Sometimes I think that if I knew anything about being in love, I would be a loving relationship right now. Other times I think it’s because I know better that I’m not in an exclusive, committed relationship right now and not “in love“.

I won’t sit here and say that I never have been in love, because that’s not true. Even what I had with X1 and X2, even though it wasn’t permanent, there was a moment where I, where we, we’re in love.

For me, the most difficult part of being in love is maintaining good open honest communication. Once communication breaks down, it’s over. Every relationship is going to have rough times, whether you’re talking about professional, personal, mental health, physical health, or just a relationship itself, hard times are inevitable. They are going to happen. The real test in a romantic relationship, or in every day life for that matter, is how you handle adversity.

In both my marriage and in my LTR, we did have our share of tough times, and both couplings did persevere through some tough times. But when communication falls apart, there’s no way to make it through the rough patches.

“I’m fine” is anything but fine

As far as I’m concerned, the gateway lie of any relationship is probably the one thing that men in particular say to their partners far too often: “I’m fine”. As soon as you stop speaking your mind to your partner and simply say “I’m fine“ that is the beginning of the end of the relationship. When you are responding with “I’m fine”, it means you’re not sharing your true feelings. And when you can no longer share your feelings with your partner, then your relationship is circling the proverbial drain.

My most important piece of advice is communication. But I’m curious to hear your take: If “I’m Fine” is the gateway lie, what is the single most important truth a couple needs to share to stay in love? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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