What do you do? Bonding and Trust exercises in relationships?!

lampshadebrown

Hello!

Me and my partner have recently started to try bonding and trust exercises, and by starting I mean we heard about one and did it haha.

We did the one where you have to look at each other for 5 minutes without saying anything, just looking at each other. Although sceptical at first, we both really enjoyed it.

Does anybody else know of any great little exercises like that one for increasing the connection/bond/trust between you and a partner?

It would be great to hear what others do!

Georgiegirl256

Sounds like a load of hippy dippy clap trap to me. You shouldn't need to increase the connection/bond/trust between you, it should already be there. Otherwise why would you be with your partner?

lampshadebrown

We have a wonderful relationship, and are in fact so connected regardless of doing exercises like this. I thought it sounded a bit funny at first too, but it was just a bit of fun really and we both really enjoyed it.

Hence why I am looking for some more to do because we found it enjoyable

I am not asking for more because we don't have any trust or bond, in fact quite the opposite i've never felt more connected and trusting of somebody. Its just a bit of fun really. Its not for everyone

Alikay

Bonding and trust exercises sound a bit weird to me. We just do nice stuff together, talk to each other and have sex (with each other, obv) from time to time. Works for us

fairy_lights

After a few drinks once we tried to do that trust building exercise where you fall back and let the other person catch you. I fell back, oh somehow completely missed and caught an armful of air while I bashed my head on the kitchen counter.
Wouldn't recommend it.

LKRDN_Morgan

lampshadebrown wrote: »

We did the one where you have to look at each other for 5 minutes without saying anything, just looking at each other. Although sceptical at first, we both really enjoyed it.

I find prolonged eye contact a bit weird but that's just me.
I couldn't do this anyway without laughing. Guarantee my DH would turn it into a 'who's going to blink first' rather than anything deep and meaningful.
We're just not built that way but each to their own!

lampshadebrown

LKRDN_Morgan wrote: »

I find prolonged eye contact a bit weird but that's just me.
I couldn't do this anyway without laughing. Guarantee my DH would turn it into a 'who's going to blink first' rather than anything deep and meaningful.
We're just not built that way but each to their own!

Oh yes, we were laughing, i couldnt stop giggling, I thought it was hilarious, thats why it was so fun.

74jax

I could imagine just laughing through this too but if you're both laughing at least it's five minutes of laughing together.

We have done the one where you fall backwards too. Hubby caught me, I urmmm couldn't catch him....

If people find it weird that's fine, is not for them. I'd never heard about it to be honest but am going to google for a laugh now.

Ivrytwr3

So you sat and stared at each other for 5 minutes?

You could try this next if you enjoyed that so much:



j/k - if it works for you, that's great

74jax

OK a quick Google and I couldn't find anything but it did remind me of a funny thing we have done. We sat back to back, your hands can't touch the floor, and you go to stand up. Granted we may have been drunk when we tried this but was funny and is kinda team work.

We also have cook nights, where he will say some random ingredient and I cook a meal with that as the main ingredient then we swap and I give him an ingredient. Not so much trust but very funny coming up with strange food.

Typing this, maybe me and hubby are just weird....

Pollycat

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Sounds like a load of hippy dippy clap trap to me. You shouldn't need to increase the connection/bond/trust between you, it should already be there. Otherwise why would you be with your partner?

I'm with this ^^^^ poster.