How to maintain a relationship as a couple? It happens that people as close to each other as husband and wife experience a decrease in emotional intimacy. Then thoughts about leaving, divorce and other similar things may arise. You should not think that in this situation everything will be resolved on its own. Intimacy, trust and emotional contact are not created by themselves, however, like many things in our lives. For example, if you want to be healthy, it would be foolish to drink too much alcohol, eat fatty foods, and not get enough sleep. Likewise, relationships need to be constantly created and maintained. Ask yourself the question “WHY are relationships getting worse?” and trying to figure it out can take a very long time. After all, as one saying goes, the best way to lose a relationship is to start looking into it. In this case, I suggest asking the question “HOW?”, “How to save the relationship?” The answer to this question is quite simple: “We need to communicate more.” If you don't have enough time to talk due to a lot of work, then you just need to highlight it as one of the tasks in your plan. If there are too many emotions or there is something that is very scary to say, then write to each other, and while reading, try to respect your partner’s position and understand him. It is also a big mistake when a person accumulates negative emotions in himself and thinks for himself for another person, says that he knows exactly what the other thinks about him, even if his partner says the opposite. And here there is a way out! Don’t accumulate in yourself, don’t report your problems to third parties, trying to find a solution from them, but talk through all your dissatisfaction with your partner. This will help you protect yourself from other people’s projections, because in most cases, people say what helps them personally, or share their own experiences that have nothing to do with your situation. If both partners want to fix the relationship, they know how to negotiate, hear the other and make an effort make efforts to do this, then such relationships can be corrected!