Long-term relationship: feelings gone - what now?

A long-term relationship can create a feeling of intimacy, love, and peace. However, long-term relationships are not always easy and often require work to keep them balanced. This can sometimes lead to the romantic feelings for the partner fading away.

When romantic feelings have disappeared in the relationship, it is important to reflect on the relationship to determine what has changed and what has led to this situation. Is it really over? We will show you how to find out and when it makes sense to fight for your love.

Lack of communication

Lack of communication is an important factor in long-term relationship problems. Your relationship can lose its emotional connection when you and your partner stop communicating with each other and avoid long-term discussions about your feelings. This leads to misunderstandings between you that eventually lead to long-term loss of feelings for your partner.

When long-term relationship feelings are lost, it is important to have open communication with your partner and regularly discuss your feelings with them. Avoiding long-term emotional conversations can cause relationship feelings to fade, as both partners will feel less intimacy and a sense of connection can be lost.

Lack of intimacy

Feelings of long-term intimacy can fade if partners do not take the time to develop their relationship. Many relationships are based on friendship and shared interests, which can be great for long-term happiness. However, feelings in long-term relationships fade when partners do not take the time for physical intimacy.

Different lifestyles

People grow and change during their long-term relationship, which can cause feelings to fade. Both partners have different interests and hobbies that they enjoy in their free time. If you and your partner begin to grow apart during this time, feelings in the relationship can disappear.

Unresolved conflicts

Long-term relationships are not just about love, but also about shared experiences and memories. If you or your partner have unresolved conflicts, feelings towards each other can disappear. Often, long-term partners don't confront conflicts because they fear it will make the relationship's feelings disappear. However, conflicts need to be addressed to maintain long-term relationships. It's important for partners to work towards resolving conflicts.

You are more friends than partners

Sometimes relationships can become more like a friendship than a romantic bond. While long-term relationships are based on communication, trust, and support, the feelings in a relationship can fade if you feel like your partner is just another friend.

You don't harmonize like at the beginning

Feelings in a long-term relationship can fade when partners begin to lose the emotional connection they once had. When you were first together, you could read each other's thoughts or finish each other's sentences. But over time, it can feel like you are no longer compatible and are growing apart.

You don't laugh together anymore

Laughter is a powerful tool for maintaining long-term relationships. When you stop laughing together, your long-term relationship can become boring, and the feelings of intimacy in the relationship can be lost.

You feel more like roommates than lovers

In long-term relationships, partners can start feeling more like roommates than romantic partners. When this happens, the daily routines of the partners become very separate and independent from each other. Relationships require long-term commitment and dedication. When partners no longer feel like they are giving 100% to the relationship, romantic feelings for their partner can fade away.

You have different long-term goals

Most long-term relationships begin with partners who have similar goals. However, over time, partners may focus on different goals or go their own ways in life that no longer align. When this happens, relationships often lose the long-term happiness they once had with their partner.

You avoid each other

Sometimes partners avoid each other because the romantic feelings for each other have faded. When long-term partners no longer have long-term feelings, relationships can feel more like a tedious duty that partners want to avoid rather than dealing with the conflict. If you find yourself avoiding your partner, it's time to re-evaluate the relationship for yourself.

You don't want to think about a shared future

When partners no longer have long-term feelings for each other, they often no longer see a shared long-term future. Instead of the relationship being an exciting path to the future and long-term happiness, it seems like a dead end from which they cannot escape. This feeling can last a long time if you and your partner do not work together to strengthen the remaining feelings.

Fight for the relationship or end it?

When romantic feelings fade, partners can do little about it in the long run. Relationships are something that partners have no control over, and when feelings fade, there is little you and your partner can do except to end the long-term relationship or try to fight for it.

Fight for your love

When something goes wrong with your partner, it's not always because they've stopped loving you altogether - typically, there was just some issue along the way that needs to be addressed before things can get better than ever!

The fact that you're thinking about saving your relationship is a positive sign. You care about your partner and want to be with them. Just because you're not supporting each other or laughing together anymore doesn't mean that the long-term feelings are gone forever.

Couple's therapy

If you and your partner are currently growing apart and no longer have romantic feelings for each other, you should consider seeking couples therapy. An outsider can provide valuable advice and help get the relationship back on track. Couples therapy can help partners learn how to communicate more effectively, regain long-term happiness, or end things.

When to end the relationship

No one said love is easy. There may come a time when you have to say goodbye, even if it's not your decision. You can try to fight for the relationship, but if there are no positive feelings left between you two, then there is nothing that could save this partnership.

If you're unhappy and your partner can sense it, then it's time to break up with them. Sometimes, the time has come to move on. You both have felt that there is no future together, and talking about it as soon as possible will help you move forward positively so that each of you can find a new partner who is better suited for you personally!

Don't give up on love

Perhaps you're disillusioned after the end of a long relationship. Maybe, after all the time you've spent in such an emotional bond, it's hard to believe that there could be more love out there for you - especially if it didn't go well last time! Perhaps you have even realized how much can change over the months and years.