Decisions That Make or Break the Relationship

I recently just saw a 10-year relationship fall apart. The wife decided to do her own thing for a bit and took a job that required her to be away from her husband for 6 months. Naturally, she had an affair. Boom. 10 years of marriage. Over. Is the affair to blame or is it the decision to leave your partner for 6 months? 6 months is a long time to be away from your partner, for that reason many busy couples have the two week rule, they won’t go more than two weeks apart. Anything over that can feel like a break up, and when you see one another again it can be cumbersome and difficult to reconnect.

Whenever you make any decision in a relationship you must first think of what effect it can have on A, your partner, and B, the relationship. Sleeping in different rooms, being apart from one another for reasons other than survival, even having separate lives i.e. different friends, can all take a toll. Marriage is about SHARING your life with someone, not living independently within a relationship, that’s called being roommates. So before you consider investing in a “Sleep Number,” think about what’s more important to you, sleep itself, or someone to sleep next to.