Between bottles, appointments and sleepless nights, there is often little left over. Two people who once chose each other suddenly function above all as a team.
Things get organised, coordinated, handed over. For the couple they once were, hardly any time remains. This rarely happens with a loud break. Usually it is a quiet drifting apart. Conversations revolve around everyday life, tenderness gives way to exhaustion, and in the evening there is simply nothing left.
Added to this is sometimes the feeling of being treated unfairly, or the silent thought that the other does not see how much one carries oneself. None of this is unusual. Parenthood changes a relationship deeply, and the fact that something comes under pressure does not mean that something is broken. Often it is not love that is lacking, but room.
Sometimes it already helps to start talking again. Not about shopping lists and rotas, but about what lies beneath. What do I miss? What do I need? What do I wish for us? Such questions easily get lost in everyday life.
When conversation alone no longer works, a guided setting can bring relief. A place where both sides are heard, without it being about blame. Sometimes a new perspective is enough to come closer to each other again.
A relationship does not have to function perfectly to be good. It may change, go through crises and find its way back together anew.