When you are in a new relationship, the feeling you experience is likely exhilarating and exciting. You may feel like you are on top of the world and have found your true soul mate in life. Maybe your relationship has progressed for a few months, and you are ready to take it to the next level. If so, then you may want to think about taking a weekend trip with your loved one.

Wait A Few Months

It is always a good idea to wait for a few months to suggest a weekend getaway with your significant other. If you decide to bring up the topic only a few weeks into the relationship, the other person may question your intentions regarding the relationship. You never want to make your significant other feel pressured to agree to a weekend getaway trip. Instead, it should be a decision that is mutually agreed upon by both individuals in the relationship.

Usually, the best time to suggest a weekend getaway is after at least six months into the relationship. This is the best time to suggest a weekend getaway because you are usually desiring to take your relationship to the next level at this point. Whether you are the guy or girl, you can use the weekend as a way to propose taking the relationship to a more serious level. You may event want to discuss topics like marriage and children during the weekend.

Trip Ideas

There are so many different trip ideas that you can decide upon for your getaway. If you enjoy being surrounded by nature, then you and your significant other may want to discuss going on one of these weekend trips:

– Staying in a condo on the beach
– Camping out in the mountains
– Going to a cottage on a lake

These are just some of the trips that may help you and your significant other feel more connected with nature. Some campgrounds also offer hotels that can make your stay feel comfortable. If you want to do some hiking but don’t want to deal with tents, then you can arrange for a weekend getaway at a hotel located near a mountain range. These types of trips are fun because couples can take tours together or go on bike rides together.

If you want a more luxurious and relaxing weekend, then nothing can be better than planning out a weekend at a five-star hotel. You can even let the hotel know ahead of time that you and your significant other will be staying for a romantic weekend getaway. Some hotels will arrange for wine and chocolates to be in the room upon your arrival. This sort of getaway is great for the couple that does not want to worry about cleaning up or cooking for the entire weekend.

Overall, taking a romantic weekend getaway with a significant other is a wonderful way to reignite some romance and simply enjoy being with the person who you love in your life.

Tom writes for The Cottage Boutique, who advertise a selection of handpicked boutique cottages in Cornwall. Some properties also accept four legged friends!

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Sadly it seems that there are an ever increasing number of relationships that just don’t last the test of time. Often it can be as a result of another person being involved or sometimes financial pressures play there part. In fact, there really many different reasons as to why a couple might well call it a day.

This blog post will take a closer look at some of the important things that should be considered during this stressful time.

Deciding on Custody

The single biggest element of any break up will often revolve around children. The amiability of the relationship tends to determine just how easy this stage is.

In the event of a difficult or less than amicable break up, then it is likely that deciding on custody will also be difficult. Parents that can hardly bring themselves to speak to one another can find this a really tough time. This situation is likely to become protracted with the introduction of solicitors. The knock on effect of this is that it is likely to get expensive too.

To a lesser extent, but nonetheless important, a decision will need to be made surrounding the ownership of any pets. Once again this can end with emotions running high as very often strong bonds have been formed by both parties to the family pet.

Selling Property

High on the list of considerations will be the property. It can be reasonably easy if the family home is rented. One party will normally opt to move out, leaving the other person in situ. Arrangements might well need to be made to cover costs for the single person who stays on, particularly if they have the custody of the child or children.

However, it gets a whole lot more difficult when the property is owned. Considerations will need to be made relating to any secured loans that are on the property. This can easily add to the stress levels for both parties, especially in situations where there is little or no equity in the property.

Circle of Friends

It should be noted that not every element of a break up will revolve around financial issues. One aspect that frequently crops up is that of friends and in particular mutual friends. Quite naturally these people will tend to take sides, often based upon who the original friend was. When this happens the existing circle of friends almost collapses, especially when the somewhat inevitable blame culture starts to kick in.

Extremely strong friendships can be put under real strain, sometimes to breaking point. Adding these issues to the existing break-up will present its own difficulties.

Pressure of Work

Even the most amicable of break-ups will leave their mark on people. One such way can be felt when work becomes more difficult or stressful. Today’s business world means that it isn’t long before bosses start taking note of under-performance. If an individual is not careful they can end up with issues at work to contend with as well.

Trust Issues

A final aspect can come in the form of trust issues. Depending on the circumstances around the break-up, it can be something that rears its ugly head in the future. An example of this might be if one party has had some kind of affair.  The other person might well find it difficult to put their faith into another relationship. This can very often be a major stumbling block to truly moving on, with the scars from this kind of emotional damage taking a long time to heal.

Even when there is no evidence of an affair, moving on can still be difficult. The sad reality is that when relationships turn sour there is nearly always a lasting negative effect on one or both of the parties.

Stuart Edge is a freelance writer who is in a writes about relationships. To understand more about the implications that secured loans can have on break-ups, follow him on Google Plus.