Have an agreement on how to rectify the mistakes. [Photo/masterfile.com]
Relationships do fall through hard times. One of the scariest moments is when trust cracks. It can be difficult to fix. Depending on how bad it is, you will know whether your relationship can be salvaged. Some situations can be quite scary. It rocks the relationship so hard that you feel you cannot hold on. Infidelity, money problems and any form of abuse prove difficult to skate by. Communication is going to glue the whole process of rebuilding trust. You need to explain your mistakes with much clarity. Laying out all the mistakes in the open ensures that everything that needs to be dealt with is right in front of you. Have an agreement on how to rectify the mistakes. Since trust has been broken, setting up a system creates a safe environment. It provides a platform to step up and prove the need to do better. If you are fighting about money, you can have an open policy on any earnings and expenditures that one makes. A practical approach to building trust works better than just saying 'I will change' and ending the conversation at that. It is a scary stage since if you cannot hold up your end of the bargain to fix things, the broken trust worsens.