How much space in a relationship is necessary? The answer depends a lot on the type of relationship it is, and each person in it. Some people do better when they’re together constantly, and others crave more of their own space in a relationship.

The hard part is finding a happy medium that both people are comfortable with. This is made more difficult when you each have very different ideas about togetherness and space. But as long as you can compromise on the level of space in a relationship that you both need, then you can work through this challenge.

Some people don’t like to be alone. They’re much happier spending all their time with coworkers, friends, family and their partner. When they’re alone and doing things on their own they feel a little lost and lonely.

Other people cherish their alone time. Without a little solitude every day they feel burdened and have a hard time relaxing. They feel that they always have to be “up” or “on” for other people when they’re around them, and it can be exhausting.

Those are two extremes, of course. There are also a lot of people who fall somewhere in the middle. They love the time they spend with their partner, but they also want some me-time to balance it out and recharge.

If both of you fall into that happy medium, then defining your space in a relationship should be pretty easy. And if you each fall into the same extreme group, where you both need lots of space or you both dislike being alone, things are made easier, too.

The problems come when one has a very different idea than the other .If you love your solitude and your partner hates being alone, you really need to talk and set some boundaries. Each needs to understand the other’s point of view so you can come up with a compromise that makes you both feel your needs are met.

If you love being alone each day for a while and your partner craves company 24/7, here’s the problem. When you say you need space in a relationship and go off on your own, your partner will feel neglected as if you don’t want to be around because of them.

And if you hate being alone and your partner really wants some me-time, then by hanging around constantly you can start to make your partner feel smothered. Your partner might also think that there’s no trust there, and you won’t give him or her private time because you’re afraid of what he or she might do when you’re not around.

You can see how both of these situations could quickly cause problems in a relationship. But if you talk to each other honestly and openly about how you feel, then when you need time your partner will understand why.

And when he or she hangs around when you’d rather be alone, you recognize that he or she doesn’t need the same kind of space in a relationship that you do.

If you’re asking the question: “how can I save a bad relationship” than the answer might be, why save it when you can improve it?  There’s really not a lot of reason to try to salvage a relationship that brings you more misery than joy.  If, on the other hand, you and your partner have both expressed a desire to make things better and you are both willing to work together, you won’t be saving a rotten relationship, you’ll be taking a bad relationship and making it great!

Relationships will always have some ups and downs.  If both people are mature enough to be able to have real discussions about what the problems are, as well as being honest enough to accept responsibility for  their part of the problems, than the two of you have a really good chance of making your relationship better.

If one of the partners is immature and unwilling to make changes or even discuss the problems than I’m sorry to say it but your relationship is already over.  You can stay if you want but don’t expect things to ever get better.  It takes both parties working together to overcome problems in any relationship, one person can’t do it all.

If the two of you have decided that you are both willing to try the first thing you need to do is find better ways to communicate.  What happens in many relationships is that one party gets upset and yells at the other person who will eventually just tune out their partner.  No one wins and both of you are miserable.

True communication isn’t about which of you is right and which one is wrong, it’s about trying to make your partner understand what you are feeling and why you are feeling that way.  It’s also about your partner trying to listen and not get defensive or upset, but try to listen openly to what you are trying to explain.

If both of you can learn to talk, and listen, properly you’ll find that things in your relationship will go a lot smoother.

Here is an example of what I mean:  Lets say that there is a situation where the girlfriend doesn’t like some of her boyfriends buddies, maybe because all they want to do is go out and party and all his friends are single so she gets a little insecure when they go out.  That is a valid way for her to feel, but it’s also valid that her boyfriend spends some time with his friends.  If she wants to discuss this with her boyfriend, she will be wasting her breath and time if she just starts screaming at him, accusing him of cheating on her, and bursting into tears.

That is a totally unhealthy way to deal with the situation.  He will feel like he is being attacked, which he is, and she will feel like she’s being ignored, which she is.

A better approach would be for her to find a time when they can sit and talk, when they are both calm and not angry and when neither of them is tired or in a rush.  She should then calmly explain that while she understands that he has the right to spend time with his friends that she would feel better about it if that time was spent going golfing, or to a basketball game, etc and not to a club.   That is a perfectly reasonable request presented to him in a reasonable manner.

Now his response will tell her a lot about where he is coming from and how he really feels about her and their relationship.  By approaching her boyfriend calmly and intelligently, instead of screaming at him like a banshee, she has allowed for an open discussion.  If, after that, her boyfriend refuses to make any changes than the sad reality is that he likes going out to the clubs and is more than likely flirting with other girls, at the minimum.  He doesn’t really care that much about his girlfriend, her feelings, or their relationship.  It’s time for her to move on.

The next time you feel like asking: “how can I save a bad relationship” try these tips so you won’t be saving a bad relationship you’ll be turning it into a good one.

First of all, if you’ve been asking “How do I save my relationship with my boyfriend?” the first thing you need to remember is that you can’t, at least not all on your own.  It’s vital that the two of you are willing to work together if your relationship has any chance.  If the two of you are willing to be honest and mature about dealing with the issues in your relationship then you may have a chance, but you can’t do it all on your own.

If both of you are willing to work on the relationship here are some things you need to consider:

1. What is the problem(s) with the relationship?  What is causing the stress and strife?  Is it a lot of small things or one really big thing, like infidelity.  Sometimes the problem can be a little hard to spot.  There are often misunderstandings that have led to resentments.  These resentments may have been brewing for so long that you don’t even realize they are there.  It can be time consuming and challenging to figure out what the issues are and face them head on, especially if you are the one who is mostly at fault.

2.  As you learn new ways of communicating with each other, more effective ways that will allow both of you the freedom to tell the other person how you’re feeling without it ending up in a fight all the time, you should also be spending time rediscovering each other.  Try to get back some of the magic you had when you first met.

How? Simple, do the things you used to do in the beginning.  It’s so common for couples to get stuck in a rut and get bored, but if you’re aware of that danger you can work around it.  Try to do some of the things you used to do when you first met, whether it was to go to a movie or go jogging, or whatever.  Pull yourselves out of your rut and recapture the magic you both used to share.

3.  The last thing you want to do if you’re trying to save your relationship is to be a whiny, immature brat.  That is not attractive and it will likely just make your boyfriend want to run further away.  Instead be a self assured, caring, mature woman who lets him know that you love him and want him but you aren’t going to fall apart if things don’t work out, no one wants a clingy, needy mess.  Remind him of the woman he first fell in love with.

For those of you who’ve asked the question: “How do I save my relationship with my boyfriend” here is the answer.  Just remember that it takes two to make or break a relationship,  and make sure that he does his part too. It might be hard to hear but if he doesn’t try he really doesn’t care that much about you anyway and it may be time for you to move on and find someone who does care.

The wife husband relationship can be a complicated one. Many marriages fail because one or both partners don’t really understand the dynamic of the relationship. If even one person has a basic understanding of it, the marriage is bound to be stronger. But if both people understand how a wife husband relationship works, then it has the best chance of being a good marriage.

One of the keys to understanding the wife husband relationship is to realize just how different men and women really are. Aside from the obvious physical differences, the sexes are different emotionally and mentally, too.

When faced with a problem, for instance, men and women tend to approach it from completely different angles. Women are more likely to discuss it with other people. They might get advice and input from a few friends. It’s not uncommon for women to talk about the problem at length.

That’s because women solve problems when they talk about them. They explore all the angles of the issue and how they feel about it, and often in doing so a solution appears.

Men, on the other hand, tend to be more tight-lipped about problems. They think about it more than they talk about it. It’s more common for a man to ponder a problem and say little until he’s figured out the solution.

In the wife husband relationship this difference in problem solving can itself be a problem. He might think that she’s talking it to death when she should be trying to figure it out herself. And she might think he’s not even worried about something because he’s not talking about it .When in reality, it’s on his mind all the time and he’s just not pointing it out.

Sometimes, women tend to talk about things that they don’t necessarily want help with, or advice about. They simply want someone to listen to their opinion and thoughts. Where if a man is talking about something, it’s because he wants an answer.

If a woman is talking about something just to get it off her chest or vent, other women tend to get that and offer support. They don’t try to tell her what to do for the most part, but simply join in the conversation in empathy.

A man might simply state a solution and tell the woman what she should do, thinking he’s being very helpful and doing what he’s supposed to. But really, the woman will feel that he’s not listening and instead just trying to end the conversation.

Of course, not every wife husband relationship will happen exactly like these examples. Some men will talk out a problem and some women will be tight-lipped about it. But in general, the sexes can be expected to follow these typically patterns.

Understanding those patterns can help you stop yourself before you do something that’s natural to you. You can think about what your partner needs from you instead, and do that .Your wife husband relationship will be much stronger and happier because of it.

If you can get your relationships needs met, the relationship has a better chance of being long and happy. Not having your needs met is one of the biggest reasons relationships don’t work out. And after a break up, it’s especially important to have your relationships needs met to stay happy and stay together.

The surefire way to get your needs met in a relationship is by making sure the other person knows just what those needs are. You can’t read minds, and you shouldn’t expert your partner to be able to read minds either. He or she wants to make sure your relationships needs are met, so tell them what they are.

At the same time, encourage your partner to tell you the needs he or she feels are important. You might be surprised to learn, if you’ve never had this conversation before, how different your needs might be.

You might feel the need for you partner to tell you he loves you often, so may you do that for him. He no doubt enjoys that, but maybe what he really needs is for you to do quick considerate things to make him feel special. Some people like to be told, and some people like to be shown.

Simply having a discussion about your relationships needs can strengthen the relationship and make it easier for you to keep each other happy. If you’re uncomfortable having such a frank discussion, you should do it anyway. Telling each other your needs is better than hinting or expecting them to be psychic.

You may really need your partner to be more helpful to you. But when it’s time to clean or wash dishes you do them alone, yet again. And instead of simply asking for help or letting him know that it would mean a lot to you if he would do them sometimes or do them with you, you get angry.

You might huff around while you’re doing them, slam a cabinet, or act otherwise put out. This is passive aggressive behavior. You’re trying to manipulate him into helping you by acting that way. It’s much better and healthier to simply ask for help.

Passive aggressive behavior is common in relationships, and it’s a worsening cycle because it doesn’t work. If he does take your hint, it’s only after you’ve acted put upon, angry and resentful. So his doing the dishes might be only to keep you from acting that way.

If you ask for help and explain that it makes you feel good when he wants to help you, then he’s coming at the task from a place of love and helpfulness. He doesn’t feel guilted into doing it, so it’s better for everyone.

This applies to things like showing affection, respecting each other’s feelings, and every aspect of your relationship. When you want something, ask for it, and be prepared to give your partner what he or she asks for to make sure all your relationships needs are met.