Emotionally Unavailable Partners: What Are The Signs?

Pursing emotionally unavailable partners can happen. The Women’s Health website had an amazing article called, “11 Signs Of An Emotionally Unavailable Partner — And WTH To Do About It” that got published on November 5, 2019 by Alyssa Girdwain. When you want to connect with a partner in a relationship on all levels — emotional, mental, spiritual and physical — you’ve got to make sure that the partner is ready and willing to connect with you.

The need for connection is essential, but if the other partner does not want to get in touch with their feelings, they will not want to deal with anyone else’s either. We may feel annoyed or hurt that we cannot understand the other partner on an emotional level.

If the other partner is emotionally unavailable, he or she will do what they can to avoid those moments of real emotional connection. He or she may avoid situations where emotional closeness can be felt. He or she may make themselves unavailable to get in contact with. This partner will do what they can to keep distance in the relationship.

We have to understand what a partner’s true desires are. If you are continually putting effort into trying to get closer, but you feel that you are being pushed away or are being met with obstacles, that partner does not desire that emotional connection with you. It is…