Why Is Accepting Responsibility in Relationships Important?
All relationships require love, nurturing and efforts in order to survive and be successful. Placing trust and commitment as the foundation of one’s relationship is definitely important, however, in order for any relationship to flourish, it is equally important for each of the individuals to be ready for owning and accepting the responsibility of their words and actions. This is an important aspect of any healthy relationship and the two partners to stay happy and contented in their relationship.
Why is taking responsibility important?
Taking ownership and accepting responsibility enhances trust and dependability amongst partners. Both partners know that they can count on the other to always have their back.
Being able to take responsibility for your deeds motivates your partner to be completely honest, and vulnerable with you.
Doing so will encourage them to be more open, candid and authentic with you and result in honest, meaningful conversations.
This kind of communication between partners is said to be the key to a strong relationship.
Secondly, being willing to accept your flaws and mistakes allow you room to grow. It motivates and enhances your self-esteem and promotes you to be largely independent rather than depending on your partner for reassurance of your self-worth.
How to take responsibility for your word and actions?
1. No blame game
The major part of accepting responsibility is to avoid blaming your partner. Instead of putting the blame on your partner, you accept your mistakes and flaws. You accept if you’re at fault. However, this does not mean you also accept misplaced blame.
This is the characteristic of an unhealthy relationship to be accused wrongly and accepting that misplaced blame.
It is simply unhealthy to make excuses for your partner’s and your own behavior and accepting such unhealthy behaviors as normal.
2. Being able to apologize and forgive
It is true that none of us are perfect and we all carry flaws. What matters is that those who love us are able to look past these flaws and accept us for who we are.
It is extremely important for partners to be able to work their way through hard times and tough challenges to strengthen their relationship.
Practicing apologizing and forgiveness for each other allows the opportunity for partners to learn and grow and develop trust and accountability.
3. Complete honesty
Honesty between couples is vital. Couples who are utterly honest with each other are able to lead a happy life while steering their relationship towards growth and success. Partners who trust each other and are fully candid with each other about everything for example finances, work, or maybe even embarrassing matters, tend to keep misunderstandings out of their relationship.
4. Listen to respond and not react
It is important that when either of you raises their concerns or complains to each other, the other should listen with the intention of solving these issues and putting their partner’s worries to rest instead of listening to deny or spark an unwanted argument.
You should listen to your partner with complete attention and respond without getting defensive.
Instead of reacting in an adverse way, act accordingly in the situation with clarity and awareness. In times like these, it may also help to look at the matter from your partner’s perspective and figure out where their thoughts are coming from.
Taking responsibility is important in a relationship
In a relationship, it is vital for partners to be fully honest with each other. Couples should take responsibility for their doings in order to have a happy relationship. If you find yourself in an unhappy relationship, it is important for you to question yourself first that how are you contributing to this uncomfortable feeling. It is fairly easy to blame someone else for your uneasiness and instead, take a look at yourself to figure out how you may yourself be damaging your relationship.
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Sylvia Smith loves to share insights on how couples can revitalize their love lives in and out of the bedroom. As a writer at Marriage.com, she is a big believer in living consciously and encourages couples to adopt this principle in their lives too. Sylvia believes that every couple can transform their relationship into a happier, healthier one by taking purposeful and wholehearted action.
