{"id":17952,"date":"2021-04-27T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T06:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T12:05:44","slug":"what-causes-loneliness-in-a-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=17952","title":{"rendered":"Six causes of loneliness in a relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joan Salmon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feelings of loneliness can happen to anyone and at any point in their lives, in or out of a relationship. If you are feeling lonely in a marriage or relationship, it may be time to consider the reasons why and recognise the signs of a lonely relationship.<\/p>\n

Commitment\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loneliness is when despite being in one place with your significant other, you feel awkward in each other\u2019s company. There are several causes of loneliness in marriage and these include lack of commitment to the marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis involves trying your best to make your partner happy and being mindful of the other\u2019s interests and meeting their needs,\u201d Esther Nansubuga, a counsellor, says.<\/p>\n

Too many expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Nansubuga,\u00a0 some people have lots of expectations from their spouse, such as, he will pick and drop me from work, he will help me with domestic chores, she will not sleep until I am home, she will always consult me before making any decision or she will stay home and raise the children. Having all these expectations makes room for contention, resentment and later, loneliness when they are not met. \u201cIt is best to have realistic expectations and create common ground to always talk about them,\u201d Robin Kasibante, a relationship counsellor, shares.<\/p>\n

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Too many responsibilities<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Marriage usually results in a family which comes with several responsibilities. However, when one is always busy with work, domestic chores, and other responsibilities, it not only robs them of time to care for themselves but quality time with their spouse, making them feel lonely.\u00a0 \u201cBeing too busy for your significant other slowly pushes them low on your priority list to which they might get accustomed,\u201d Kasibante says.<\/p>\n

Failure to understand self<\/strong><\/p>\n

The beauty of understanding oneself is that one becomes aware of who they are. They learn their strengths, weaknesses, and interests while understanding their partner eases tension and expectations towards them.<\/p>\n

Bullying<\/strong><\/p>\n

When one\u2019s spouse is the kind that thinks they are better than you in various ways, Kasibante says, it will cause friction, especially when they rub it in the other person\u2019s face.\u00a0 \u201cThis leads to emotional and physical abuse, which makes the affected spouse draw back trying their best to avoid instances that cause their partner to flare up,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

It is important to know the causes and signs of loneliness so one learns how to work around them. Click to read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joan Salmon Feelings of loneliness can happen to anyone and at any point in their lives, in or out of a relationship. If you are feeling lonely in a marriage or relationship, it may be time to consider the reasons why and recognise the signs of a lonely relationship. Commitment\u00a0 Loneliness is when despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[1717,1718],"ppma_author":[1784],"class_list":["post-17952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","tag-relationships-relationship-advice","tag-robin-kasibante"],"authors":[{"term_id":1784,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"weddingadmin","display_name":"weddingadmin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd3996c46efafdc40969010bfd78c8e4dda9d99318e7dd6403983ea0dadbcfce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17988,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952\/revisions\/17988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17952"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=17952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}