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Spending quality time together is an important attribute of building a friendship as a couple. It gives you an opportunity to share interests, laugh, and have fun together. All these experiences bring you closer together and help create oneness.
As a couple, spending time together is imperative to making a relationship grow and blossom into something much more profound. That’s why understanding the need for quality time in a relationship is important. Here are several reasons I have found why spending quality time together as a couple is vital to your relationship.
It keeps the passion alive
Spending quality time together helps you to connect on a spiritual and emotional level. When you intentionally put forth an effort to spend time together it can help you feel closer and more passionate about each other.
It helps relieve stress
Life can truly be stressful at times. It’s tough to manage daily responsibilities and challenges from different aspects of your life. Therefore, being in a meaningful relationship helps you look forward to being with someone who loves you and give you a place of peace and solitude. Also, couples who spend time together have a better chance of working through challenges and problems that come their way.
Improves communication
One of the main things about spending quality time together as a couple is that it gives you an opportunity to talk. Even if it is something as simple as going on a walk together, the main thing is to remember to communicate with each other. Take this time to share ideas, concerns, hopes, and dreams. It doesn’t matter what the topic is, the purpose is to take this moment to connect.
It helps build memories
Intentionally taking time out of your busy schedule to spend quality time together adds more meaningful experiences. Looking back on the times you went to a movie together, took a trip together, or even went on a picnic together, can make your heart lighter and your smile brighter because of a beautiful memory.
Helps combat depression
When you put forth an effort to spend quality time as a couple, there may be times you think your partner may be feeling depressed. You can help them by reinforcing the belief that they are not alone and that they are loved. Remind them that there is nothing you can’t get through if you face it together. Of course, it’s important to keep in mind you always have the option to reach out to a professional if the problem persists or worsens.
Enhance balance
Being in a relationship does not mean you give up your individuality. On the contrary, you still have to remain who you are and who God created you to be. Just because you are in a relationship does not mean you decrease and your partner increases. You both must maintain who you are while balancing your wants and needs. When you spend more time with your partner, you better understand each other’s personalities. This way, you can help each other find the balance in your relationship.
Builds a relationship self-esteem
There are times individuals may think they are not good enough for their partner or that their partner does not love them anymore. However, spending quality time together can encourage the belief that they are worthy of love by their partner and are not forgotten. This helps fight off negative thoughts about their partner and their relationship. It also helps them to relax and feel more confident about the relationship.
It improves intimacy
When you spend an abundance of quality time with each other you learn more about that person. The more you learn the better your chances are of making a connection with them on a level that goes beyond the physical. There is a distinct difference between an intimate connection and a physical connection. They are not the same. One is a connection of the heart and the other is a physical or sexual connection. Both are necessary to build a healthy relationship as a couple.
It shows commitment to each other
Commitment is best seen when an individual goes out of their way to intentionally make time to be with their partner. It doesn’t have to be an over-the-top or expensive gesture. It can be as simple as honoring your word to take the whole afternoon off the next day to spend quality time with your partner. Also to show how committed you are to the relationship and let them know how valuable they are to you. Another way to show commitment is to recognize they are tired and need some help. You can volunteer to clean the kitchen, fold and put away laundry, or put the children to bed to give your partner a break. It’s the little things that matter most in a relationship.
It helps strengthens a romantic connection
Consequently, spending quality time together as a couple prevents your romantic connection from fading away. It can be easy to forget why you were attracted to each other in the first place. This is why quality time is important to maintaining and strengthening the connections you both have built. Make it your goal to never forget what brought you together in the beginning.
Renew the novelty of the relationship
When you spend quality time together experiencing new things, you’re less likely to take each other for granted. This allows a fresh renewal of the excitement that was present at the beginning of your relationship. When you’re excited, you want to spend more time with that person, which then helps strengthen the bond you share.
It builds trust
Trust ties in with commitment. When your partner sees how committed you are to the relationship, they have more confidence in you. They can relax and feel free to put their trust in you. Trust is an important factor to maintain because a relationship is more likely to fall apart without it.
It enhances partner satisfaction
Quality time is all about expressing your love to your partner. It’s all about the small expressions of affection that make your partner feel loved. Most often than not, these displays are expressed physically, like hand holding, hugging, cuddling, playing, and even a quick kiss, to name a few. Studies have shown that displays of affection like these contribute significantly to the satisfaction of your partner.
Gives longevity to a relationship
Relationships require quality time to thrive. Most couples in healthy long-term relationships can only achieve that because they never forget to dedicate some time to focus exclusively on their partners. While being with them every minute of the day is excessive and unnecessary, nevertheless, it is important to do your best to become more intentional in making an effort to spend more quality time with each other regularly.
Love and Blessings,
Dr. Doris
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