Nobody would want to have an ongoing relationship with someone who does not show any kind of love or affection in a relationship. There are times where I tend to forget that my romantic partner needs love and affection they need to be noticed and loved just as much as I do. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” Page 326. It takes two people to have a romantic relationship not just one person meaning you have to put in the effort to have a successful relationship. I could improve on this by showing love and affection and even by just giving compliments or even just a message letting him know that I care for him. Now that I have stated my issue with showing affection and love here is …show more content…
The main reason is that I have noticed myself showing little to barley any sort of love or affection because I feel like I am always too busy to do so. Often times I find myself saying that I am going to focus on my significant other for the day and then end up doing the opposite because something important comes up and totally forget that I had said we would spend the day together. There are many times where I say “I am sorry” but am I truly sorry if I continue to do otherwise? My significant other often times states that I seem to have forgotten about him or he feels as If we are drifting apart and I continue to say I will change the problem but never do so. My significant other is always showing me love and affect and reminding me of how well I’m doing with juggling school and work as well as a social life and him, but often times he discourages me and tells me that I’m a bad girlfriend due to the fact I worry so much about my life I forget about his needs most of the time. I am fully aware of the situation and only I can change the problem, I understand how he feels because, at one point I was where he was and he was where I have been