Just like the seasons, relationships have their own cycles.
They have a way to make you feel like you're on top of the world one day, and then feel like there is a huge ocean between you and your girlfriend.
If you love your girlfriend, or even like her a lot, and you've been recently asking yourself if she feels as emotionally connected to you lately, there is a way to find out.
Of course, you can try asking her what she is feeling, but she may not know exactly how she's feeling, and if she did, she may not tell you in order to avoid hurting your feelings.
There are, however, some telltale signs that your girlfriend is starting to lose interest in you, and you'll be surprised to find out what they are...
Probably the most obvious sign that your girlfriend is starting to lose interest in you is when you start to notice that she wants to spend less and less time with you.
If you normally spend all of your evenings together, but now she keeps coming up with a long list of excuses why you two can't spend some time alone, that is a strong signal that she's starting to lose interest.
Woman have a natural desire to spend as much time near the person they love, so if you start to feel like she doesn't have that anymore, her feelings may have already shifted.
A strong sense of independence is along the same lines.
If you two typically make all of your important decisions together, but recently you've been noticing that she has been more interested in what she wants to do and less about what you want to do, that is a very strong sign that she's starting to lose interest in you.
It is for the same reason as the "spending time together" reason.
She has a natural instinct to be with you if she loves you, so when that goes away, you should look into it.
So what do you do if you start to see these warning signs? The more important question is what shouldn't you do.
The absolute worst thing you can do at this point is try hard to spend more time with her and smother her.
It may not feel like smothering to you, but to her it may be.
This will only push her further away, and you may not be able to recover from that.