Words & Relationships

Words are very important in a relationship. They make us feel loved and valued or they can make us feel rejected and unsupported.

You can tell your partner

“It’s your fault I’m this way!!.”

Or

“You’re so sensitive!!”

Or

“You’re so lazy!! You never put anything away!!”

What if you used words like:

“I’m so sorry honey for making you feel that way. I shouldn’t have said those things to you. I love you so much.”

Or

“Let me help you put the dishes away.

We can do it together.”

The words we receive from our partner can make us feel close to them or cause us to pull away emotionally and physically and their words even cause us to stop communicating.

Consider the words you both use to each other and ask yourself the question are our words building each other up and our relationship or are we tearing each other down and our relationship?