Sunil and Neha had a busy life in the buzzing city.
They got married via arranged marriage set-up and they didn’t get much time to spend with each other as the preparations were arranged faster.

Both were having busy jobs hence they couldn’t get much time to spend during their honeymoon which they had to cut down.

Busy with work and differences in communication style, they started having differences between them.

They decided that they need to do something about their marriage. They wanted to work on their bond because they liked being with each other.

They thought about taking a vacation for a few days that would strictly not include any work calls.
In their vacation, all they did was talk with each other, know about likes & dislikes, learnt about each other’s work & challenges.
Travelling helped them explore places and personalities helping them bond together.

Post returning back, they thought about going to a relationship counselor.

They returned from their vacation expecting their married life to be normal and good. Just like their time together during the vacation. They got busy with their work again.

But they started to act like how the significant other would like to experience in a relationship. This started to bother them.
It was because many times Sunil couldn’t understand what Neha wants and Neha would get irritated for not being understood in-spite of doing things to make Sunil happy.

At this point, they wanted to give couples therapy a try.
When they explored the option of therapy, they discovered that they had other underlying issues that they had not seen coming.

These issues were not using their communication effectively.

During a vacation together, they understood each other. But they were acting more like each other that made their communication difficult.

The therapist helped them understand that in order to communicate effectively, they don’t need to duplicate each other’s love languages or styles of communication, but just start doing things in a way that the other person feels loved, cared and liked.
They also discovered a lot about their bond that helped them make their bond grow stronger.

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Relationships require working on it and effort from both sides. Sometimes small steps work better, sometimes visiting a professional works better.