5 Things Men Should Continue To Do Once They Enter Into A Relationship

It's been 10 years now that you've been in your relationship. You love your woman and she loves you but you feel like the passion is gone. The way she looks at you just isn't the same and you can't quite put your finger on what it is that's changed. All you know is you're bored with the routine and the relationship as a whole is missing that spark it once had. 

It's easy to lose yourself in someone once you enter into a relationship. As men, we love the chase and we do whatever is necessary to court a woman successfully but once we have done so, now what? Below I'm going to list some popular things that we do when we're single that often times stop once we get involved with someone.

1. Maintaining friendships - I think this is 1 thing that most people end up losing without even realizing it. You become involved with someone and immediately, you start becoming more and more distant but remember this, great friends are like family, they will have your back if and when the relationship fails, but that's if you choose to keep them around, and not just when it's convenient for you.

2. Being social - a lot of people are only going out to meet others so I think it's natural to stop going out, or as much as before you found love. With that said, I still think it's important to maintain a social life outside of your relationship. As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Allow yourself to miss your partner from time to time by maintaining your social life and hobbies.

3. Working out - your partner is attracted to you for several reasons, one of those being physical attraction but sometimes we get lazy. Men are hunters and once the hunt is over, you become relaxed. And while your woman might say she still loves you, which I'm sure she does, just ask her who her favorite celerity crush is. It's most likely not someone with a beer-belly. Always stay in hunt mode, even when the hunt is dormant.

4. Working hard - financial security should be a huge deal for any man seeking partnership and family, but working long hours can take its toll on any relationship. Of course you'll need balance but never allow a relationship to take you off of your grind. Plan better, make sure that when you do have free time, you think of your partner first but also remember that the grind comes first before all and that your hustle benefits her as well. If new and better opportunities present themselves to you, do what's best for you long term. A good woman will be supportive of that. 

5. Grooming yourself/keeping your image - if you were going to the barbershop every two weeks when you were in the dating stages, keep going after. If you've always focused on looking good and keeping up with fashion, continue to do so. Remember, the best way to keep a woman on her toes in terms of attraction is to not only be attactive to her but to others as well. As possessive as women may appear to be, they do have the prize winner mentality. The feeling that  she's got you and nobody else. 

Bottom line, we complain so much about our relationships becoming stagnant and our partners becoming complacent but I truly believe that complacency within a relationship starts with us on a personal level. And then we end up searching for new ways to re-ignite this spark we once had, but perhaps, we should have never let it go out in the first place. Instead of crowding each other, give each other space by maintaining some semblance of who you were before you started talking to each other. I'm just saying...

Thanks for reading.