Will your new relationship survive a road trip?
There’s no better place to explore a new relationship than out on the open road, travelling for a good few hours or even days.
Road trippin’ with your new partner
There’s nothing quite like starting a new relationship. Getting to know a person from the very beginning is truly something special. You’re discovering each other and that can be really exciting. But that phase doesn’t last forever. Eventually, things will start getting more serious. And that’s when you need to figure out who you are as a couple and whether you should invest in taking the relationship further.
One surefire way to see if you’re compatible as a couple is to go on a road trip, just the two of you. Here are just three of the reasons why this is a good idea.
Are you comfortable just being around each other?
After about an hour of sitting in the car together, the conversation will run dry. It doesn’t mean you’re not good together, it’s just unnatural to talk for an hour without a bit of a break. The real test is how you both act once the inevitable silence sets in. Are you comfortable with it? Do you feel the need to point out the animals in the fields or the colour of the car in front of you?
How do you deal with minor conflict?
There’s no better way to get to know someone than being in a car with them for a long period of time. That’s when their true colours start to shine. See how long you can go without arguing over the playlist or the air conditioning. And then see how you handle those conflicts when they arise. Do you reach a happy middle ground or does one of you give in completely and then sulk about it for the next hour? You don’t want to end up in such a huge fight and start considering legal advice.
And, most importantly, can you negotiate with ease?
It all starts with the destination. Do you agree on where it is you’d like to end up? What about stopovers? Is your partner happy with where you want to spend the night? Or do they prefer hotels over bed and breakfasts? How do you decide who drives and when? What if one of you wants to stop to check out the view and the other wants to carry on along the road? How you negotiate in these situations as a couple is important. At the end of the day, you need to be happy with solutions you come up with as a team.
If you’re meant to be together, you’ll have a great time on your road trip. Besides using this getaway as a tool, we all know that hitting the open road is the best way to spend a weekend.
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