What Causes Resentment In A Relationship And How To Deal With It
Resenting your partner is an unhappy place to be and should be addressed soon.
Resentment in a relationship is like stabbing yourself and hoping your enemy will get wounded. And when resentment is left unresolved, the issues get escalated to the point that neither of you can find a way to fix it. So if you have had a bad day at work, and get home tired, talk to your partner about it rather than blaming each other for little things and creating an uncalled fight for it.
If your relationship is facing resentment from either side, we have listed some signs and causes for you to understand and analyze the situation better. Keep reading.
What Is Resentment?
Resentment is the harboring of ill-will or anger against someone who you feel has wronged or hurt you in the past, and you couldn’t stop it.
It often occurs in couples when one or both the partners feel hurt or offended by the other and think that their actions were deliberate.
The first step to solving any problem is the recognition of the problem. Resentment in a marriage has several red flags, which you can identify if you look for them.
What Are The Signs Of Resentment In A Relationship?
Below are some of the most usual signs of resentment.
1. You feel your partner is not listening to you.
You perceive that your partner is repeating their mistakes in spite of you telling them or they are ignoring everything you say. You feel you are an invisible entity. That pool of hurt and anger keeps rising in you.
2. You quarrel on the same issue every time.
And the discussion diverts from the real question to other non-issues leading to the actual problem remaining unresolved. The more you fight about the same issue, the higher the tension between you. It turns into a vicious, nasty cycle. Read More…