REALITIES
“Does love alone guarantee the success of any relationship?”
It definitely helps but unfortunately love alone isn’t enough to make a relationship successful. Many people often mistake the idea that love should feel like a fairy tale. That once they fall in love and start a relationship, the rest is smooth sailing but this isn’t true. At least not in real life.
Aside from love, here’s a few factors you need to have a successful relationship:
- Open Communication
I can’t stress enough how important it is to properly communicate with your partner. We’re not born with mind reading powers.
So it’s important for you and your partner to talk about things without being criticized or judged.
If both of you keep working at it to help resolve your issues, it’d more likely help strengthen your relationship bond.
- Trust and Respect
Mutual trust and respect in a relationship improves the overall wellbeing from both parties.
Would you trust someone you’ve dated for a month to open a joint account together despite not knowing their financial history?
Do they laugh at your ideas or nitpick everything about your habits?
If yes, then you’d better press on the brakes because they may not respect you enough as a partner.
- Compatibility
There’s nothing wrong with choosing a partner from a different background, gender, race or religion.
But from my perspective couples who don’t have a lot of things in common or share the same values tend to have rocky relationships.
Some relationships can still be salvaged if both parties work through their differences.
But having a partner who shares the same interests as you definitely helps ease the stress of a long term relationship.
- Forgiveness
Because sometimes love can fade and what you end up with is a person with human flaws.
Without love to buffer the relationship, flaws and mistakes become glaringly obvious. The small mistakes tend to pile up until they turn into petty arguments and internal grudges.
Before that happens, it’s important to confront each other about your issues and properly talk it out.
Make a commitment that both of you should work to change on your flaws, forgive each other and move on.
- Be Open-Minded
Being open-minded about your partner’s personality and differences means a great deal if you want your relationship to be successful.
That means not letting your ego get in the way of your relationship. It also means not being overly possessive or jealous if your partner starts spending time outside of your relationship.
Or if your partner has certain religious habits you don’t feel comfortable with, the two of you can compromise. Learn to roll with the punches.
Hope that helps.
Source: Quora
