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While the majority of relationships must come to their end, for one reason or another, not all break ups need to end on a sour note. And if you think that it’s finally time that you matured and to have a dignified relationship with your previous partner, reading these relationship tips will help you make the dating life much more serene. They should help you not dread a chance encounter with your ex, and definitely aid you in growing as a partner and a person.
Relationship Tips For Preventing Bad Break Ups
Be Honest
The number one reason for relationships ending in loud arguments and messy conflicts is dishonesty. The feeling of betrayal when the truth comes up results in boiling heads and guarantees an argument. It’s really hard to mend broken trust, maybe even impossible, just ask people who used Ashley Madison. which is why honesty is key. Of course, a white lie here and there is acceptable, but lies about major or unnecessary things will surely destroy a relationship even if you follow all the other relationship tips.
Don’t Show Indifference
As the famous social media quote goes – “the opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference”, and what that illustrates is not that you should hate your ex after breaking up, it’s that showing indifference can be really hurtful. Either towards the ending of a relationship or during the actual break up. Indifference signals to the person you were with that they don’t matter, and if that doesn’t get a person angry or hurt, nothing will.
Don’t Threaten/ Set Ultimatums
When things start deteriorating visibly in a relationship the person who still wants to be in it may start getting offensively defensive and start threatening the other person, in direct or subtle ways. Dropping the names of people who have been hitting on you, or demanding that a person comforts to your desires or that you’ll leave, things like that. Both threats and ultimatums will have the absolute opposite effect. This should be in the relationship tips basic pack, but some reach a long lasting relationship about which they care without knowing these common things.
Don’t Compare
If the things get down to the “we have to talk” segment of the relationship, you should really mind your language. Even if you’re getting broken up with. Comparing between the two of you in terms who did what for the relationship will only cause more tension as it is a backward competition. It’s even worse if you compare her to your other ex-girlfriends as you’re telling her that she’s not as good as some and basically giving out relationship tips in the worst way possible.
Reach Out
Some relationships could end normally, but end up in the sour note zone eventually, and in order to battle that it would be wise to showcase some remaining endearment after the break up. A phone call, a message, something. Reaching out to the person in the most friendliest way possible, in order to avoid confusion of the reach out being a booty call or a plea to get back together. Just wait a while after the break-up, and focus on things that made you friends and not lovers, like shared interests.
Don’t Flaunt
You shouldn’t hide your new love interest, but you don’t really have to blast social media with happy pictures of you two, or visit your ex’s favorite coffee place. These are barely relationship tips, and more of good human tips. Just give the other person a time to collect themselves, regardless of who broke up. Not flaunting correlates directly to not showing indifference, and if you find someone straight away it’s basically saying that the ex didn’t leave any mark on you.
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