This global pandemic of COVID-19 forced many a couples to remain confined in their houses, where they had no one except themselves to spend their time as a companion. This was the time when they could honestly find out as to how their relationship was, was it true to each other and how much sincerely they loved each other.
Living for round the clock with each other confined in a space makes couple to find faults in their relationship, which was not possible when life was normal. Constant and continuous living together round the clock can make a couple bored with each other and this may be expressed as a frustrated and irritated manner. Previously what seemed to be good, may now seem to be bad.
This is the real time to know for a couple as to how good and strong their relationship is. Psychologists have analysed these situations and have concluded that some of the signs that define a good and strong relationship in a couple.
Do you think of your partner when you are not with each other?
It was found by making a survey in more than 300 married couples that they felt more in love with each other when they were not with each other. They kept thinking about their partner when they were away from each other for some reason. It made them feel more love for each other.
Do you respond positively when you hear a good news about your partner?
Are you happy when you have good news about your partner or from your partner? Are you cheerfully enjoying this piece of silver limning when everything else is dark around you? How do you feel if your partner is promoted in her job? Do you radiate real happiness when your partner is happy? If the answer to all these questions is Yes, you are a couple with strong relationship.
Do you spend some time staying apart from each other every day?
Good relation does not mean staying glued to each other every minute of the day. It is not necessary to be a xerox copy of your partner in his hobbies, work and friends. You should have your own hobbies, your friend circle and may be a different profession. Your this individualism brings you two closer and makes the relation stronger.
Do you both have same level of sense of humour?
Sense of humour is a real relaxant in stressful times. But both of you should have same level of sense of humour to understand the humour and enjoy it. If it is not so, the humour goes waste without doing anything good.
Do you divide your household work evenly?
It is very important. Dividing your household tasks evenly shows how much you care for each other. Men are now more involved in doing their housework, but women are still burdened with the major load of maintaining their houses.
Do you try new things together?
Yes? Then it is the happiest situation for you and a strong relationship.
Do you fight often? And do you come out of it fast?
Difference of opinion between you two is very natural. But is it normal ore type of ego driven prestige issue, stretching for a long, long time? Can you come out of your differences fast? Then it is a happy situation.
Are you appreciating your partner when needed?
Appreciation is the major lubricant that makes a relation happy happy. It keeps each other attached to each other. When you appreciate each other, the partners know you care for each other.
See? How easy it is to keep a relationship strong and alive for an entire life.