The most important thing you can do for your relationship is to get relationship help before the big breakup takes place. Breaking up is hard on both of you and if you can avoid it you'll never have to overcome the divide it creates.

Most people don't realize that the same tools that are used to help couples get back together can be applied to help prevent the breakup from happening in the first place.

What are these tools?

1)   Empathy. Learn to put yourself in your partner's shoes. If you can mentally switch places and see things from the perspective of your partner you'll enjoy a much closer relationship and much more productive disagreements.

2)   Fairness. Learning to fight fair will be the best gift you give your relationship. So many times in life we fight to win. It's time to learn that fighting to win in a relationship is fighting in a way that allows something good to result and not fighting to leave your partner mentally and/or emotionally wounded as part of the battle. Fights are normal. How you fight can define your relationship.

3)   Apology. If you take the time now to learn how to properly apologize you'll find your relationship goes much more smoothly in the future. Of course if you manage to create fewer situations that require apologies things will be even better.

There's no one size fits all solution for relationship problems but these tools will give you enough relationship help to get you started back in the right direction.