How to Stop Drifting Apart Because of Poor Communication

Maintaining good communication is an essential part of any relationship, whether business or personal. Ineffective communication and the lack of desire to work on improving it could be a main factor in the dissolution of your relationship. This is what causes people to drift apart from each other. Correcting the communication gap is important, if you want to save your relationship

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Spend time daily together just for communicating. Ask your partner how their day went and actually listen to what they have to say. Do not just act like you are listening, while the whole time you are wondering what time the Colts are playing. This is time that should be used to settle problems or any misunderstandings that have arisen.
2. Plan an evening of going out to eat. Keep the kids at home with a babysitter if need be, but do not bring them along. Make this just for the two of you. It could be possible that, without the distractions and interruptions from the children, you may get back the good communication that you used to have in the beginning.
3. Turn off the television. Watching the **** tube, both of you won't really talk to each other at all. Then eventually you'll become increasingly unwilling to share your feelings and emotions, and communication will stop. Every once in a while sitting together watching a show or movie would be perfectly fine.
4. Avoid sarcasm, rude comments and hurtful remarks. Don't say anything that you wouldn't say if you weren't upset, because you will possibly have regrets over having said it later. These hurtful things that are said during anger and arguments contribute to the two of you drifting apart. If you have to have a discussion that turns into a disagreement, at least try to be kind.
5. Say sorry. Tell them you are sorry, without being afraid of being wrong; no one is right all the time. Especially if there are hurt feelings involved, truly it is necessary to say you are sorry. Even that small and simple of a gesture could heal hurt feelings. Give your word that you won't do that (whatever caused the hurt feelings) again and mean it.