There are times when we have to spend time apart from the one we love and care about. Times we have to spend apart from our partner, whether that's your wife, husband, boy/girlfriend, significant other, or whatever the case may be. No one likes time apart, but it can be a good thing for your relationship in the long run.
There is an old saying we all know...absence makes the heart grow fonder. I don't necessarily buy into that thought process. I do buy into a variation of it. I think absence makes us realize what's important to us and how we feel about it. It can confirm what you have been thinking, or enlighten areas where you have had some uncertainty. Absence gives you time to think and mull over your thoughts and feelings about someone. A chance to figure out just how important that person is to you.
This time apart can work in either direction. It can bring two people together, or it can drive them apart. If you have been having doubts about your relationship, some time apart will tell you a lot. It will let you see how you are and feel without them around. It will let you see if you really do miss them...if you really do need them. Some separation may let you know that it is time to move on...that the feelings aren't there after all. Yet, in a solid relationship, it can show you just how important that person is to you. You may know, or at least think, you love and need someone. Spending some time apart will tell you for sure. It can solidify your feelings and let you know just how much you really do love them and want them in your life. You can feel sad and lonely, and feel the need to have them near. Yearning to have them back by your side.
None of us want to be apart from those we care about. But inevitably, it will happen from time to time, due to jobs, vacations, family commitments, and so on. Try not to look at it as a bad thing. When you miss that person terribly, look at it as a confirmation of your feelings. Absence is letting you know just where you stand. This is something you wouldn't have been able to know and experience otherwise. Make it a learning experience and grow from it. And by all means, share with your loved one just how much you miss and need them. If you are feeling it, then they probably are as well. And who doesn't like to know they are needed and missed.
Absence may not make you love or care for a person more, but it can make you realize just how much they do mean to you. Having to experience this can make you stronger...make your bond stronger. And after all...growing closer with the one you love is what we are all after anyway. So make the best of a situation like this, and turn it into something positive to grow upon.
There is an old saying we all know...absence makes the heart grow fonder. I don't necessarily buy into that thought process. I do buy into a variation of it. I think absence makes us realize what's important to us and how we feel about it. It can confirm what you have been thinking, or enlighten areas where you have had some uncertainty. Absence gives you time to think and mull over your thoughts and feelings about someone. A chance to figure out just how important that person is to you.
This time apart can work in either direction. It can bring two people together, or it can drive them apart. If you have been having doubts about your relationship, some time apart will tell you a lot. It will let you see how you are and feel without them around. It will let you see if you really do miss them...if you really do need them. Some separation may let you know that it is time to move on...that the feelings aren't there after all. Yet, in a solid relationship, it can show you just how important that person is to you. You may know, or at least think, you love and need someone. Spending some time apart will tell you for sure. It can solidify your feelings and let you know just how much you really do love them and want them in your life. You can feel sad and lonely, and feel the need to have them near. Yearning to have them back by your side.
None of us want to be apart from those we care about. But inevitably, it will happen from time to time, due to jobs, vacations, family commitments, and so on. Try not to look at it as a bad thing. When you miss that person terribly, look at it as a confirmation of your feelings. Absence is letting you know just where you stand. This is something you wouldn't have been able to know and experience otherwise. Make it a learning experience and grow from it. And by all means, share with your loved one just how much you miss and need them. If you are feeling it, then they probably are as well. And who doesn't like to know they are needed and missed.
Absence may not make you love or care for a person more, but it can make you realize just how much they do mean to you. Having to experience this can make you stronger...make your bond stronger. And after all...growing closer with the one you love is what we are all after anyway. So make the best of a situation like this, and turn it into something positive to grow upon.
