Just as we’re responsible for our own happiness in our relationship, we are also responsible for how we look and feel about ourselves. That is not your partner’s responsibility. Many of us fall into that trap. We think that because we are now in a relationship, our work on ourselves can stop or slow down. Why does this create drift and disconnect? Because it’s not just how you look and feel that becomes unattractive, but the fact that you don’t care about how you look and feel.