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Vacations and their role in resolving marital disputes

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Vacations and their role in resolving marital disputes
Marital leave may be a wonderful experience, in terms of the general view of the experience and the degree of health of the relationship between the two partners. On the other hand, the couple may see that vacations can also lead to marital conflicts.
To find out what the potential pros and cons of vacationing with your partner are, and how you can make the most of it for your relationship, read this article.
New activities that increase enthusiasm and passion.
The vacation time allows partners to expand themselves to increase awareness and perspectives on who they are and discover new things about themselves and their feelings, and that period may make them feel more satisfied with their relationships
This is especially evident when relationships are new, and a large body of research has shown that engaging in exciting and innovative activities with a partner increases feelings of closeness and affection.
There are real experiments conducted to prove this. Couples were asked to spend time together doing things they found exciting and fun, and in the end it was shown that these activities increase feelings of intimacy and closeness.
Holidays create memories.
Couples can use the vacation period as a way to create positive memories about their lives and their relationship, because later on, recalling warm memories with a partner can increase feelings of intimacy, as well as recall and nostalgia for funny situations and memories in the event of a conflict. marital disputes
You may know more about your partner.
One of the reasons why relationship satisfaction tends to decline over time is that people crave renewal and life events become repetitive, unlike what happens at the beginning of a relationship, so everything is new and passion is high.
But in long-term relationships, the events are similar, so there must be development and renewal through the two partners learning new things about each other. This creates a rapid increase in passion and intimacy.
And you should know that, even if you’ve been together for a long time, you can still learn new things about each other, and a vacation can be a new experience and a great opportunity to get back to the way you were before.
As for the negatives?
Spending too much time together can exacerbate existing tensions. Travel depends on you being together all the time, in constant contact, spending whole days or even weeks together, with little separation. This may be more evident among unaccustomed couples. This period serves as a barometer or test. If there are indeed problems or tensions in the relationship, this extra time makes it more apparent.
Oftentimes, when people’s relationships become more serious, they run into pitfalls as they try to integrate their lives together, and what makes this constant tension is the desire for independence and a sense of security with their partner.
So couples must negotiate each decision together about their vacation together and how it will undermine it (where to stay, what to do at every hour of the day, where to eat).
This can make the holiday an ideal breeding ground for resolving this type of conflict. In fact, even in our daily lives, disagreements about how to spend our leisure time are common.
What should you do to make sure that your leave benefits your relationship?
Here are some tips:
1. Try new and exciting things.
2. If you are really experiencing tensions in your relationship, plan a relaxing vacation that reduces the risks of conflict.
3. Make sure they are in agreement on the entire vacation scheme and that no one is imposing their opinion on the other
4. Do not strain yourselves.
5. Planning and memories together will increase the success of the vacation and create memories you will love to remember.
And remember, of course, there is no one-size-fits-all vacation recipe that will improve your relationship and keep you away from marital disputes, but if you keep these pros and cons in mind, it can help you deal with disagreements and get the most out of your vacation.
And if you have already done what we have mentioned and you could not agree, then you should think about visiting a specialist marital relations consultant to help you in his own way to understand your personalities and what are the best means to be followed to avoid conflict and the best ways to resolve conflicts, if any, between you

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