How Not to Screw Up Your Relationship When You’re Spending All Your Time Together

You say, "Arguing over the last powdered doughnut is petty." I say, "You're sleeping on the couch tonight." [ view in browser.     add cosmopolitan@email.cosmopolitan.com to your address book ]             FOLLOW US       How Not to F*ck Up Your Relationship When You're Spending All Your Time Together   So, the COVID-19 pandemic has left you hunkered down in close quarters with your significant other. Congrats, this makes you one of the 48 percent of Cosmo readers riding it out with their partner. Sure, on paper, it seems sexy: You and your S.O. can finally see what "afternoon delight" is all about and make time for those role-play scenarios that require lots of free hours and old Halloween costumes. But after a few days of bickering in your jammies about your boyfriend's annoying conference call voice—and then not having sex because of said conference call voice— you're probably thinking: Is there any way to get out of this nightmare with my relationship still intact? "It may seem that we're fighting or experiencing tension because we're living in close quarters, which could be part of the problem, but the distress of the pandemic itself is also taking its toll—physically, emotionally, and financially—on almost everyone across the globe," says Jess O'Reilly, PhD, Astroglide's resident sexologist. But hey, just because the world might feel like it's erupting all around you doesn't mean your relationship has to go to shit. READ ON       Multiple Brands End Partnerships with Myka Stauffer Amid Backlash About "Rehoming" Her Son   "We are no longer working with this individual." Read On         Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner Are "Freaking Out" About Forbes' Claims She Lied About Being a Billionaire   Apparently there's concern "they could be in trouble with the government." Read On         Sources Say Sofia Richie Basically Knew Scott Disick Was Still "in Love" with Kourtney Kardashian   "It's been an ongoing thing." Read On         Kay, So the Real Reason Colton and Cassie Broke Up Had Everything to Do with Marriage   They weren't exactly on the same page.... Read On         Nicole Richie "Never Fully Supported" Sofia Richie's Relationship With Scott Disick   Sofia's fam was literally never here for The Lord. Read On       cosmopolitan.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019   Unsubscribe     Privacy Notice