5 ways to become an extraordinary partner in your relationship

Is your partner your top priority? Do you focus more on their pleasure than yours?

If yes, then you already make for an extraordinary partner to your lover.

If not, there are all these things that you don’t just need to understand but also need to inculcate in order to have a great relationship.

We’re listing down a few ideas that will get you started.

If you help out your lover when they ask you to, you make for a good partner. But that’s just the minimum requirement and you can do better. Instead of waiting around to hear your partner’s plea for help, learn to anticipate and act on it. Once you start spending more time together, you become attuned to their needs. Your partner’s tone of voice, body language and choice of words will indicate when they are struggling. Listen to your sixth sense and act on it before they ask you to.

Getting your partner some flowers or a bottle of wine is nice, but it’s like a temporary joy moment. But, if you get them something that has a memory attached to it, they’ll remember it for a lifetime. The impact of your gift has little to do with its cost. It’s mainly the story behind it that makes it meaningful. Concentrate on that.

There’s always a lot spoken about what to do when you’re with your partner. But there’s very little said on the importance of letting your partner be. Space or distance is the most underestimated quality of a healthy relationship. Give each other at least 30 minutes a day of uninterrupted solitude. Distance is essential, but you also need to free your partner from the expectation of interruption.

Love letters create intimacy. It’s a lost art in these times and that’s quite unfortunate. Take some time to write a few sentences for your partner. It’s one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to be an extraordinary partner. Compliment them, write something silly, remind them of a task with a cute nickname. Your partner will always have a smile on their face this way.

When you’re a new couple, you can’t help but make your partner your top priority. The real challenge comes later once the infatuation ends and you both settle into a routine. You start taking each other for granted and do just enough to avoid discontent. Don’t let that happen to your relationship. Be just as attentive, caring, loving and giving as you were back when your partner first caught your eye. That’s what makes you an extraordinary partner.