Ask Joy: Life Changes in our Partnership
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This article was kindly written for the SDC by retired psychologist/ member @Joy Straw.
We hold beliefs that are based on our behaviours, abilities, feelings, personality, and characteristics, as well as how others see and respond to us.
Our self-concept and our relationships develop over decades and bends, twists and moulds into who we are today as an individual and who we are as a couple. The person you call yourself. This person is one who interacts with others and forms relationships in our life and how we then make our way through life.
We were never expected to live for such a long time with the same person. Life was around 70 years of age, but now we may live to be 100 or beyond. So relationships have evolved and, in many cases, have developed into deep and personal commitments, but that has taken a lot of work and a lot of care.
My grandparents lived to be 96 and 98 years old, and their marriage lasted till death parted them after 75 years. My grandmother used to say she’d ‘have got less for murder!’ And yet they both so deeply loved each other and always wanted the best for each other.
We change and develop, and those changes can lead to confusion, some anxiety and occasionally self-doubt, which in turn affects our relationship with our partner.
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This article was kindly written for the SDC by retired psychologist/ member @Joy Straw.
We hold beliefs that are based on our behaviours, abilities, feelings, personality, and characteristics, as well as how others see and respond to us.
Our self-concept and our relationships develop over decades and bends, twists and moulds into who we are today as an individual and who we are as a couple. The person you call yourself. This person is one who interacts with others and forms relationships in our life and how we then make our way through life.
We were never expected to live for such a long time with the same person. Life was around 70 years of age, but now we may live to be 100 or beyond. So relationships have evolved and, in many cases, have developed into deep and personal commitments, but that has taken a lot of work and a lot of care.
My grandparents lived to be 96 and 98 years old, and their marriage lasted till death parted them after 75 years. My grandmother used to say she’d ‘have got less for murder!’ And yet they both so deeply loved each other and always wanted the best for each other.
‘Change is not always negative; it is often positive.’ Image Credit: Shutterstock
We change and develop, and those changes can lead to confusion, some anxiety and occasionally self-doubt, which in turn affects our relationship with our partner.
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