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A strong, healthy relationship can be
one of the best supports in your life. Good relationships improve your life in
all aspects, strengthening your health, your mind and your connections with
others as well. However, it can also be one of the greatest drains if the
relationship is not working. Relationships are an investment. The more you put
in, the more you get back. Finding love and maintaining a healthy relationship
can be challenging for everyone. Experts say that you have to have a balance of
love, patience and self-esteem to really make it. The following ten tips are
the basis for a healthy, loving relationship. Even just one person's efforts
can make a big difference in a relationship. By focusing on these ten tips,
your relationship is sure to thrive for years to come.
1. Honesty is one of the most basic of
all elements to any healthy relationship. A deep and loving honesty between two
people says, "No matter what happens, you
will always know the true
me." This feeling allows couples to open up and be the best they can be
with each other.
2. Friendship Couples need to be friends
as well as lovers. When the passion wanes, it is the deep friendship that keeps
people together. Any long-term married couple will tell you that it is the
friendship that keeps them together.
3. Monogamy is one of the founding elements
of all marriages. You can't have trust and honesty if there isn't monogamy.
4. Similar Values this means that when you make
major decisions in life, you two fall close to the same line. You may disagree
about some issues, but the couples that are the happiest agree about the big
subjects like money and how to raise children.
5. Patience if you can deal with your
partner's issues and his or her imperfections with patience you have the bond
to make it through the rough times. Marriages don't end because there are
problems; they end because people quit trying to work those problems out!
6. Passion Couples who have passion for
each other are able to sustain their love. While this may ebb and flow over
time, the genuine passion for each other is at the heart of all lasting
relationships.
7. Forgiveness Couples who can't make
up will break up. As simple as this sounds, without forgiveness in a
relationship, old hurts often resurface and neither person is truly able to let
go of the past.
8. Communication Couples need to
learn how to talk through both easy and challenging issues. Disagreements are a
part of every relationship. To get through them, partners have to learn to
respect their different ways of communicating and "walk in their partner's
shoes." This means learning how to communicate love in a way that your
partner hears and feels it.
9. Trust is like honesty in that it
deepens over time. Couples who are able to trust each other don't have to deal
with insecurities between each other. They're able to speak freely and be
themselves, knowing that their partner loves them for it.
10. Time Apart Couples have to spend
time away from each other. In the beginning being inseparable is normal, but
over time, couples need to develop different interests and habits in order to
have continued interest in the relationship.
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