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Divorce Talk On The Local Radio Show: A Love Coach’s Assessment
Recently, I was intrigued at the local morning radio’s take on what happens in relationships and why divorce happens. I was listening to the hosts’ takes and their opinions as well as the callers’ own experiences. They talked about how over time couples would neglect their wants and needs and how this affected intimacy. One of the hosts talked about how sometimes people will treat their loved ones worse because they’ve been together for so long and they start taking their partner’s love for granted. The hosts seemed to all agree that a severe breakdown in communication attributed to relationship failures. They talked about how REAL conversations should have begun years ago in order to save their relationships. They also talked about how sometimes couples will start “going through the motions,” have light conversations like briefly talking about how someone’s day went and stop developing intimacy with their partner.
People want to stop the hurt and the pain that can come with a divorce. When two people in a marriage stop putting in the effort to have a fulfilling relationship in their daily actions, the inevitable end may come later on or sooner than expected. If we start taking our partner for granted, we feed into our own greed, selfishness and self-serving motives.
