Warning signs of a relationship breakdown
Noticing early warning signs of relationship breakdown can help a couple resolve conflicts.
Some early warning signs are:
- abandonment of joint activities - just living parallel lives
- recurring arguments that are never resolved
- feelings of ongoing dissatisfaction and unhappiness
- preoccupation with interests and activities outside the relationship by one partner leading to the other partner feeling neglected
- complaints of loss of feeling - one or both partner/s speaking of no longer being in love
- an affair - becoming emotionally and/or sexually involved with a person outside the relationship
- increased fatigue and reduced ability to meet responsibilities at work
- arguments over parenting.