So many people are in a long distance relationship, some of which seems to be working while others seems to be struggling. To maintain a long distance relationship is much more difficult than that which both couples are in the same environment.
A lot of efforts is required to maintain long distance relationship, but If you understand the principles surrounding how to handle a long distance relationship, your relationship will strive. Here are some of these principles.
1) CONSTANT COMMUNICATION
The Number one thing to do in order to maintain a good long distance relationship is constant communication, if you can cover the aspects of communication, it would have a achieved at least 50% of the requirements.
When there is constant communication, its very easy to have a heart to heart communication, you get to speak to your spouse and make sure they are OK, make sure you speak to them by calling them, you can also send text messages, if you don’t normally have airtime to call, send them a text message, you can also take advantage of communicating through social media.
2) NEVER LET A DAY END WITHOUT SETTLING ANY FORM OF MISUNDERSTANDING
One of the major challenge that leads of the end of most distant relationship is the fact that after a misunderstanding most couple don’t talk about it and settle the issue immediately, they let it linger for a long time.
After a misunderstanding, make sure you talk about it and resolve the misunderstanding, don’t let it exceed a day, after a misunderstanding no matter how bad, make sure you pick up your spouse’s call, stop ignoring their calls, it won’t help matters at all. When they call pick the call and hear them out, but no matter what make sure the misunderstanding don’t last more than a day.
3) STOP LISTENING TO ANYTHING ANYONE SAYS ABOUT THEM
When you’re in a distance relationship, don’t follow or listen to anything people come to tell you about your spouse, when your spouse is not around people tend to say bad things don’t listen to them.
4) STOP SUSPECTING THEY ARE CHEATING ON YOU
In most distant relationship, most people tend to have the feeling that their spouse is cheating on them because they are not in the same state, this may not be true.
5) CREATE TIME FOR EACH OTHER
No matter how apart the both of you are make sure you create time see each other, this is very important, as it would help in maintaining the relationship.
