There is no third entity called the relationship.

"Honey, we need to talk about the relationship."

"I just don't feel like I'm getting what I want from the relationship."

"Sometimes I think I put more into the relationship than I'm getting back." •

A simple way to improve your writing is to avoid using nominalizations. A nominalization is a device of grammar that turns verbs into nouns. For example, the nominalization "give consideration to" can and should be "consider." "Make provision for" can and should be "provide."

I can think of six reasons to avoid nominalizations. •