A relationship needs room for ordinary boredom without treating it as evidence that love is gone.

Flat stretches happen in every long attachment and they mean very little on their own. Two people with jobs, routines and ordinary tiredness will sometimes have a week with nothing much in it. Trouble starts when that gets read as evidence rather than weather, because the reading itself creates distance, and then there really is something to worry about.

Treat a dull week as a dull week and see what next month looks like. If you want more, add something small rather than opening an inquiry. A different walk or an unhurried meal repairs more ordinary flatness than a conversation about whether the feeling has changed.