Re-negotiate.
Relationship satisfaction can be measured in its ability to tolerate and adapt to change. While pillars of your relationship—like honesty—may not be up for negotiation; how you do life, what you are responsible for, or how you interact, might need revision from time to time.
At one point, especially in those first months and years of a relationship, you sign up to be and act a certain way. With time, you may grow to loathe living in those terms. Maybe the relationship feels different now. Perhaps the old terms do not work well anymore. Maybe they now feel inauthentic.
Rather than live in old terms with stale resentment, challenge them.
Assert new terms that match the change and growth in your relationship.
Move toward authenticity. Explore how new terms could impact your relationship.
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