What going on vacation together and apart does to your relationship

It's a bit dull, like in October, because actually all the sunny vacations have just happened and it will take a while until that well-deserved winter sports.

Still, you might as well plan something new just over the border, because a vacation does more for you than you think. Especially with your relationship. Whether you're going with friends or with your partner: go.

With your love on holiday

Of course, there are advantages to sneaking away with your guy for a bit, because, well, sex. More sex than at home. A hundred percent guaranteed. That hotel bed is more tempting than that dull blanket at home and before you know it, you're doing it four times a day, because you have the time. Time for each other. Time to rediscover each other. A party in the bathroom, which is also discovered. The bench in the room. The chair. The elevator, the hallway, the sauna in the hotel. We're just saying. Furthermore, it's just nice to have time for romantic dinners, grabbing a terrace together, seeing the city, enjoying the sunshine... Just enjoying a different wallpaper than at home. You have a lot to talk about and no relationship has ever gotten worse from that. It's actually logical, therefore, that you can still rely on this for ages upon returning home. Suddenly, a week in your dull own bed is not a disaster, because, well, you had that wild weekend at the beach.

With your girlfriends on holiday

But going away for a bit with your girlfriends and then seeing your husband again also has immense advantages. Because: you missed each other. If you live together and see each other day in and day out as a matter of course, then you don't really miss each other. You're extra happy to be together again. You fly into each other's arms and hopefully that expresses itself in a bed scene. Or three. You have things to share. You're extra happy that you can now sleep together again and stick together like lovesick teenagers. And so, well, the effect of a vacation together is almost the same as when you go away with your friends for a bit. You appreciate each other again. You know that you also have a life without each other and that's only healthy. You wish that for each other. But you can be in love again.

So whatever you do: take some lost days off and book that long weekend away. Relationship tip that you can actually use. You're welcome.