Do you always feel oppressed in your relationship with your partner? Do you always feel that your partner takes away your right to express yourself and your right to object? Do you fight or have strong disagreements over seemingly trivial things? All of this may be true, but you need to ask yourself why this is happening to you? Try to answer this question before you point the finger at your partner! Get rid of the constant feeling of being the underdog in the relationship, and instead start making real changes in the nature of your relationship with your partner. Trying to reach a good level of communication with your partner is the real key to getting rid of most of the issues in your relationship. You must learn to work on your issues together as a team to achieve positive results, mutual benefit, and satisfaction with the relationship as a whole. In order to achieve this, both of you need to take responsibility for the state of the relationship instead of blaming your partner. Ask yourself first – why do you find it difficult to talk to your partner about your feelings and thoughts freely and fluently, has it always been like this or has something recently come up that has ruined your relationship? Then start having short and shallow conversations with your partner, such as talking about a favorite TV show, the changing weather, or any other insignificant matters that have no direct impact on your relationship, because perhaps indulging in talking about issues has caused your desire to talk to each other to wane. Talk about the things you have in common, or the memories and happy moments that have recently faded from your memory, and restore the intimacy of the relationship through daily conversations characterized by friendliness, calmness and acceptance, and you can use photo albums, as studies have shown that a picture is as powerful as a thousand words, and recalling pleasant memories you shared will renew the energy of love that has begun to dissipate and fade away between the two of you recently. – Be a good listener: Every conversation needs an ear to pick it up, good listening opens the way for the mind and heart to become more understanding of the facts away from the outbursts of anger that cause many misunderstandings, so you have to listen to your partner and give him the opportunity to express his thoughts and feelings freely if you believe that you have the same right and want to exercise it. Listen with love, and learn to show your interest in what your partner is saying, so that the feeling of being unwanted doesn’t creep in, which may have been one of the reasons for the recent lack of communication between you. – Ask your partner questions to find out how they’re doing, what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, without assuming you already know the answer, as these assumptions may be standing between you and a true understanding of what your partner is thinking or feeling. Why rely on assumptions – which may or may not be true – when you can get the information directly from the source. Don’t assume, for example, that he doesn’t talk to you because he is angry because of your fight about parenting two days ago. The real reason may be that he is under a lot of pressure at work that causes him to lose his temper and cannot handle new pressures, and the fight may have been a “result” of that and not a real “cause”, so knowing the real causes of the issue is the first step to solving it efficiently and effectively. – Switch roles every once in a while to feel each other’s burdens and thus increase the ability to understand and empathize with each other, instead of throwing accusations of negligence and neglect in each other’s faces! – Enjoy spending more time together, time dedicated to engaging in enjoyable activities, such as reading a book, watching a romantic movie, listening to your favorite music, learning a new skill, or even fixing household malfunctions and making room renovations. Any positive activity that brings you together will strengthen your relationship again, you will rediscover each other, and give the opportunity for feelings of love and affection to grow again and cast a shadow over this relationship whose branches have almost become stiff, but hope remains in its roots that are still alive. Here’s wishing everyone a happy and positive life

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