You’ve learnt a relationship can be the sweetest thing when two people who share mutual feelings of love enter into it.
It can be the sweetest thing that can happen to you but there is a whole lot attached to making the relationship work.
You might have seen people enjoy their relationship at the very beginning but as years passed, you began to see the relationship get shaken by many problems and maybe end in a sad way. But this won’t happen when both parties are committed to making their relationship work.
To make your relationship work, here are the five most important things that are needed:
1. Communication
Communication is the founding stone of a healthy relationship. The more you and your partner communicate with each other the more you get to understand each other and the better your relationship gets. The more you avoid communicating your thoughts and feelings to your partner, it creates a gap, misunderstandings and doubts. Communication is the key to a happy relationship and must be two ways.
2. Trust
Open conversation and communication with your partner bring about trust. Trusting your partner helps to foster your relationship, so you must be transparent, loyal and honest to the maximum.
3. Attention
Find time for your partner, it is important.
Giving attention makes the other person feel special and loved. As you listen to what’s going on in their mind and what’s happening in their life every day you will get to know them better and this will lay the basis for a healthy, closer and stronger relationship.
4. Love
When you love someone, you get to understand them and make some sacrifices for them. With love, strengthening the bonds between you the two of you. Having the feeling is not enough, do well to always express what you feel, and how you feel. Listening often; asking your partner about their big meeting, their happiness, goals and dreams; making love; making eye contact; sharing your feelings and putting your partner first.
5. Respect
No matter what it takes, respect your partner. When there’s respect, you will have regard for the other person, for what you share and for the relationship. Respects for each other’s opinion and decisions. Set boundaries and offer support when and where needed.
Remember that relationship satisfaction will continually ebb and flow, but if you practice coming back to your ‘why’ — why am I in this relationship, why does this relationship matter to me — you’ll easily get back on track”…