Catering to Her Love Language
If your partner’s primary love language is quality time, it’s extra important to give her your undivided attention. This means carving out time to spend with her and giving her your full attention. Having frequent quality conversations, planning activities together, and really learning how to listen and communicate will be important.
Ways to support her…
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Set your phone aside
Do something fun together
Make and maintain eye contact
Practice active listening
Play games together
Book a class to do together
Read a book together
Plan a weekend getaway
Plan a time every day to connect without disturbances
Tell her how much you love talking to her and spending time together
Go for a walk together
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Remain engaged and attentive
Hold her hand
Say words of encouragement
Hold space for her
DO NOT sit on the other side of the room on your phone/tablet/computer
Holding space means to be with someone without judgement. To donate your ears and heart and let them be as you practice empathy and compassion. It means putting aside your opinions and accepting someone’s truth, no matter what it is. And if your partner has an epidural and is not resting, it does not mean that you can treat that moment like any other. Instead, use that time for conversations, games, and other things you enjoy doing together.