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How kids are ‘ruining’ your romantic relationship

The presence of children can change the nature of your romantic relationship (Photo: Shutterstock)

Things always seem to be steamy when it's just the two of you. Fast forward into the relationship and you have little ones running around, to dealing with teenage mood swings, your relationship can be on the tipping off edge. Before you dump your romantic relationship to the bin, here's what you need to understand about how children get to affect the romance.

You may find yourself not prioritizing your partner and most especially in bedroom matters. This is so when you are constantly concentrating on being with them during their younger years. In a relationship, you'll have to redefine your version of intimacy with kids around. It certainly is challenging when you have to tend to feeding a crying baby, yet expected to steam things up. For this, you should create some time to spend together by arranging for some childcare. This acts to relieve you from some baby time and gives you a good amount of time together to rekindle your relationship.

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