losing affection with your partner

Philippines
July 30, 2010 6:56pm CST
I love my children so much, and i am very physically affectionate to them, and it comes naturally. what about to your partner or your husband/wife? do you feel lose of affection with your partner? does it mean you are falling out of love with your partner? for me it is very important in a relationship to have physical, words, assurance connection with your partner, to let them feel being love by you, but if those connection are not shown at all, then maybe it's time to think about it.what do you think?
11 responses
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
11 Aug 10
Well i believe true love cannot fade away despite of any new relations between so as kids! So dont allow to fade away for partner is life long relation, even kids cannot stay with us for life long.
• Portugal
31 Jul 10
if i stopped loving my bf if i had one i would tell him. and yes you are right if people dont show how they love the other the love starts to decrease thats true. we must always show care if we are with someone. if we dont do that how the person can think that we love them? that happened to me before and i said to my bf i didnt feel the same anymore and we broke up bcs i was the one always caring more than him. i gave him chances to change but he never did. anyway im fine now bcs with him i learnt that we might lose someone that really love us bcs we didnt care enough. i really loved him and my big love disappeared bcs i was always sad bcs of him. i even got sick bcs of him till my love ends.
• Australia
31 Jul 10
Everyone is different and how they cope with family would naturally differ as well. Kids are easy to show affection to because they naturally have your heart as a parent but I think with your partner it is something that after a while you would have to make sure you show them your affection and not let your relationship with them fall into too comfortable a state where you each just assume the affection is still there.
@shockrayz (199)
31 Jul 10
I hope that won't happen to me, that is, losing affection in my girlfriend. There are many people I know that is into the same situation and they blame themselves for that.
• China
31 Jul 10
so many people like you . and so many friends like you .but for children , you have to stick it . however , if you and your partner don't have any same feeling . you must say goodby to him . nothing could leave so much time . maybe badder thing could happen . so just do it if neccessary .good luck@!
@tbmomin (25)
• India
31 Jul 10
Marriages are made for a lifetime. Yes sometimes the connection between a husband and wife becomes very weak and most people acting in a rash manner tend to put an end to that beautiful relationship. It is in our hands to bind ourselves together not only as husband and wife but also as a mother and father of our children. Your partner is not showing that connection, but before you think about it, first consider yourself, are you showing it to him yourself or are you just expecting it just from his side? I think both of you need to show it to each other. For me the most important things in a relationship are love, respect, understanding, helping each other in any work, physical relation especially kissing and hugging, giving some space for you as well, words also matters but its action that matters most. the small things that he does to make me feel he cares, like pulling back the hair thats covering my face when my hands are dirty!!! Do you know that kissing and hugging your spouse in the morning can make life simpler and happier? Try doing so everyday, you'll see the difference!!! Other than these, pray to God for your relationship and if you pray together the better it is!!! Don't let this beautiful relationship slip away from you.
@junior07 (972)
• India
31 Jul 10
Hi Friend, I also believe same like you, but to test your love and affection you should quarrel a little bit daily and don't increase the intensity of quarrel and you found that though you quarrel with your partner you have a certain type of bond with him/her that you don't want to loose. If you don't feel like that then it means you don't have any affection towards your partner, you are just lying or fooling yourself.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
31 Jul 10
Lack of communication is one reason for some relationship to cool down. Problems such as money and misunderstanding also cause marriage to be on the rocks. It is very important for every couple to talk over things and don't any problem ignored. Sometimes simple problem become big when solution is not given on proper time. It is also important to know our partner's feeling. We may never knew we had hurt them unintentionally and that may cause them pain beyond our knowledge. There are so many reason why affection towards our partner diminish. Let love keep burning for a longer and lasting relationship. Have a wonderful weekend
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
31 Jul 10
For me yes I think of it the love is gone but the most is you love your children you don't have not the lack of subject to Jehovah God to follow love of him.
@romzz05 (572)
• Philippines
31 Jul 10
Well they say love is a decision, there will come a time that your feelings will wane to the point of you don't wanna talk to him anymore. It happened to me I even thought that i was in love with someone else but after much thought and time away from him it made me realized that i still care and decided to put more effort on the relationship. I don't know what exactly is going on with your relationship but think first if its worth saving. If it is then do everything you can. Marriage counseling, vacation together with the kids... at least you can say you tried your best in case it still didn't worked out.
@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
31 Jul 10
though I am not yet married or has any children...i can see your concern and quite relate to it since my boyfriend and i basically lived together under the same roof...we've been together for four years and i am the type of person who is very affectionate and in constant need of attention...with regards to your concern, i believe in the saying that "in order for marriage to succeed, you have to fall inlove with your partner over and over again". I think it's important to maintain the connection., the sparks that you have started since the early stage of your relationship. words, physical connection are part of these... That's my opinion though, since i am a hopeless romantic...