Care about the Earth, but your partner doesn’t feel the same way?
Here’s how to talk about climate change and avoid eco-dumping.
Apparently, those changes include how people approach their love life.
Nearly half of those surveyed chose to date someone specificallybecausethey expressed care and concern for the environment.
You likely wont find yourself trying to convince someone else that a political party even exists, either.
Relationship experts have tips to help you make your love life a little more green.
clinical sexologist and founder of The Sex Consultant
(This tendency is especially important to watch if you have a history ofpeople-pleasing.)
There arent many things Im willing to bring fighting into my home for, so it better be good.
Compromise is not giving in or giving up your values, says Spetz.
She found an alternative they could both be happy with.
Compromise is saying Yes, this is important to me, but sweetie, so are you.
Even more important than our laundry detergent.
When you think about it like that, I think its not so difficult, she says.
We need to remind ourselves to slow down a bit sometimes, says Cooper.
Katie Bingner, LCPC
Its a lesson therapistKatie Bingner, LCPC, learned in her own relationship.
clinical sexologist and founder of The Sex Consultant
To address this, Bingner got curious.
In doing so, they were able to identify a connection point in a shared love of being outdoors.
Your partner may be lacking the same emotional connection that you have to a cause [i.e.
climate change], and thus to the behaviors that support that cause, says Bingner.
Bingner instead suggests finding a time that works for both of you to talk.
Therapist and authorLauren Korshak, MFT, encourages patience above all.
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