What’s Love Got To Do With It? Things You Really Need To Make A Relationship Work
Respect
Similar to trust, respect evolves over the course of a relationship and should grow stronger as it progresses. Respect basically begins with how you feel about yourself, because it sets the standard for how you’d like to be treated. Once you respect yourself, the person you fall in love with will respect you as well, and you’ll be able to treat that person the way you want to be treated. It’s a reciprocal love, not just between lovers, but between friends. Once you start disrespecting your partner, or he disrespects you, you threaten your relationship, and love and trust cannot thrive. Couples will not always agree, and it’s healthy to debate or even argue – but one should always fight fair; and disrespecting and disparaging your partner should never be an option.
