5 simple & effective ways to deal with a nagging spouse

Manasi Chaudhari of Lifemojo.com says that a nagging spouse can indeed be handled.

You may have really liked or appreciated your partner's nagging during the initial stages of your relationship.

In fact, the ways these nagging were conveyed might have made you fall in love with your partner. But this was what happened in the past; at a point when you had nothing much to do than to go for dates!

Now that you are in a steady relationship and are experiencing an engagement in the true sense with all its duties, responsibilities, quarrels and frictions! And this is the time during which your partner's nagging may seem to be boring or intolerable for you!

You may adopt two approaches -- either you may show a 'damn care' attitude or you may try to show your criticism. But you need to look within yourself and find out if something wrong is happening from your side. Here is how you can deal with your nagging spouse.

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If your spouse has been nagging for the same thing over and over again, it's time you try to understand your partner's point.

If the complaints are valid, you would know it from within! Overcome it by acknowledging the complaints and working towards them. Looking within yourself is very important before you make any opinion about your spouse's nagging behaviour.

If you foresee the nagging coming because you have done something to provoke your partner, like messing up the place or not having done something that you promised him/her, it's better to either get up on your feet and clean the place up as this five-minute job will save your some trouble or try to reason your partner for why you were not able to do the work before you are being questioned about the same!

If you are in the middle of a cricket match or your favourite TV program and your spouse asks you do something, don't ignore or deny the request completely.

This will immediately serve as a reason for nagging. Listen to your partner's desires and let him/her know that you will fulfill his/her wish after the program or in the break time.

Try to do it at the promised deadline to allow your partner to know that you are neither ignorant nor irresponsible!

Sometimes when your relation gets boring or the romance becomes a 'forgotten' dream, irritation sets in and you automatically start noticing all the bad habits in your spouse.

You begin to think that you can no longer afford to ignore your partner's bad habits and this is how nagging starts. It will be wise to keep your relations healthy and to let your romance live forever.

Hug your partner, give surprises and buy gifts without any real occasion. This will not only strengthen your love bond but will also add some spice to your conjugal life. You will start noticing the positive points in each other while taking care to ignore the points that cause nagging.

Spend some time with each other; go on a vacation and even on short drives.

Sometimes when the nagging becomes a routine thing and there is not really anything that you can do about it, try to communicate with your partner and let him/her know that nobody is born perfect.

If your partner loves you, he/she will understand you and will help you in overcoming the problem with love and not with nagging.

Life is not always a fairytale! Issues will come and go! Ignoring them or complaining about them will not help to solve them.

The first time you expressed your commitment in a relationship, you have shown your acceptance for the positive as well as the negative qualities of your partner. And now it is your time to steer "your boat" in the right direction!