Save a troubled relationship?

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for almost 7 months now. & I love him more then I’ve ever loved any guy I’ve been with. But for the past 2 months I’ve noticed we’ve been drifting. I feel like he’s losing interest in me & we can barely just be ourselves around each other. I know he’s stressed & everything but it hurts so much… Is there anyway to help strengthen the relationship? would a break help? Is it even worth it? Ugh, please help I’m so confused.

Answer #1

you’re not the only one, dont worry. I was with my ex for 16 months… after 8 months it started going downhill, but we stuck it out until we finally realised that it wasn’t going to work, so we broke it off.

But throughout those 8 months after the initial 8, it hurt, im sure he felt it too, the pressure from school, the busy schedules that comes with being a teenager, barely getting any time with each other, we couldnt enjoy the time we had together. We tried to talk it out and we’d always think that “yes its finally sorted” but we would end up having the same discussion a month down the track. It’ll take time to REALLY work it out, get past it together. Talk to him about it when you can, but don’t dwell on it, enjoy all the time you can have together instead of the bad times.

They’ll act like they lose interest, but the thing with guys is, they’ll never lose interest, you might feel they do, but from what I’ve seen, they just have the more urgent and pressing needs bothering them, but I don’t think your guy is losing interest in you.

Stick it out, work with him, and most importantly, from experience, try not to make it about you, make it about the relationship. because it really gets the guy down when that happens, and it puts even more strain on the relationship

I’m not sure if this helped, but I hope it has :) Best of Luck

Answer #2

a break up wont neccessarly help it may make the situation worse try and be understanding of your partners needs is he under a lot of stress from school does he have exams to study for etc if yes give him some space let him have time to study and guy time with his friends organise some alone time that is convenient for both of you.

dont be judgemental about the lack of time you spend together just enjoy each other when you do have that precious time plan an activity that you will both enjoy e.g horse riding, hiking, swimming, movies

dont plan it down to the letter have room to manuver but the point is make the time special and fun

if there are problems in the relationship ask him what it is that is upsetting him and talk about it in a mature way with out getting upset listen to him, say nothing till hes finished and work out a solution not everything needs to degenerate into a fight

if you make the time you spend together fun and special you will grow closer together as he will associate you with happy times

good luck

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