Does taking a break in a relationship with your SO work ?

Question

When your partner says they need time and suggest taking a break from each other. Do you believe they actually work? Will we come back to each other stronger than ever? Or will we just learn to live on your own without the other?

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It worked for us. My husband and I have been together for 16 years total. There was a time we took a break, not due to infidelity or abuse, but we had some issues that needed to be worked on separately for a while. We both worked on ourselves,  
we decided to go to couples counseling while still living separately, we started dating each other all over again, like actually go on dates, talk like really talk, know each other all over again, enjoy and understand each other. I was someone who didn't believe in breaks and that any issue should be solved together and immediately, but honestly if it wasn't for that break that helped us reevaluate things while working on ourselves and the relationship, we'd probably be divorced. So yes it can work in some cases, but you have to be committed to actually work on the issues that led you to need a break while still having boundaries/rules for the relationship while taking a break.

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It definitely depends. And if you do take a break, it’s important to have rules you both agree to regarding seeing other people, (i.e. the opposite of what Ross and Rachel did in Friends). It’s also important to give it a specific time limit, such as “let’s take a break for ___ time and meet up to discuss on this day”

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I meant to click yes 😭. It worked because it got me to realize that he was right in suggesting couples counseling. We started dating when we were so young that we had both done wrong in the relationship (just managing an adult relationship properly) so we ended up doing counseling and now we’re great!

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It depends on the relationship but it worked for us 🤷🏻‍♀️ There were a lot of things that we learned as individuals to be better partners, and be better people in general. The hard part is seeing whether or not the changes actually stick. It only works if both people actually work on themselves because when you get back together, it will show who made improvements and who didn’t and it will test the progress you’ve made and it all could fall apart again. If you get back together after a break and it still doesn’t work, I would move on.

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It depends. Sometimes it works well & sometimes it doesn't work at all and makes things worse. I think it depends on the problem and how both people really feel about the relationship.

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Majority of time if the relationship gets to a point that you’re either going to break up or take a break, it’s usually just delaying the inevitable, you also have to remember that while one person may be missing the other person the other person is probably living their life like a single person. Realizing that their life was better off without you, and enjoying themselves. You also have to remember that most men are not going to go and do yoga on some mountain top, they’re gonna enjoy their selves to every accent. Since I no longer have to answer to you, or have you controlling their behavior or watching their phone or anything else, of course they’re going to go and enjoy themselves. And most of the time you’re just delaying me inevitable,￼ especially if they sleep with someone else while you are apart. I mean it’s one thing if you both are going to counseling or something like that, but majority the time that’s not the situation.￼

Does taking a break in a relationship with your SO work ?

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