Do guys become less romantic after the "honeymoon" phase?

[emsxrose]

Just wondering if the more a guy becomes "comfortable" with his girlfriend he feels the need to stop being as passionate and romantic.

Me and my boyfriend have been together for 6 months now. And lately he seems less interested in being intimate and romantic with me, and more like a friend. But I need those little things in a relationship, it helps me feel close to my partner.

Should I be worried or do you think it's just because he doesn't feel the need to confess his love for me all the time. (We barely say "I love you" anymore either) unless we've been drinking..

[stevie_23]

Yes, mostly. Everyone does, guys and girls. Once the “honeymoon phase” wears off / fades a bit, as time goes on, you just don’t tend to think of doing romantic things for your partner anymore. It’s kinda sad, but just the way it is, it seems.

 

If you’re concerned, you could try talking to him and saying you (just you personally, and you’re not saying he’s done anything wrong or anything) need those little things to make you feel loved. You know he loves you, but you still need those things sometimes. See what he thinks.

[TaraMaiden]

Yes, of course - the 'courting' phase is new, exciting, challenging, fun.... then a feeling of accomplishment leads to complacency.

 

On both sides.

 

Are you as romantic, loving, sexy, giggly with him as you were with him in the beginning?

 

Why should he have to implement all remedies....?

 

See, it's never going to be the same.

You can't turn the clock back, and re-capture what was.

 

But you both have to have a vested interest in the relationship, both work at it, and both maintain the 'frisson' of tantalising novelty...

It takes two to tango.

And if one of you ain't in it, the other can't make up the deficit.

 

But you both have to want to make it work.....

[pbjbear]

Most def. I find a month after the exclusivity topic comes up most men slack off and expect me to put in most of the effort (way over 50%)