Taking A Break? How To Make It Beneficial Instead Of Harmful For Your Relationship
Put your guard down
When your break ends, as hard as it is and as much as your pride resists it: put your guard down. Don’t hold back on physical affection, don’t act distant and don’t feel awkward. You will feel an urge to make your partner work hard to get back into good graces with you. You’ll have a little voice saying, “Well why should he just get to have me back 100%, the moment he decides, when I had to wait patiently and suffer these last few weeks?” But remember: the break wasn’t easy for him either. He’s been suffering too. If this break took place, as we hope, because your partner was struggling through personal issues and wanted to resolve those in order to be a better partner to you, it hasn’t exactly been a vacation for him either. Put your pride aside and give him love. He needs it now more than ever.
