1) RESPECT: A Relationship without Respect will lead to ABUSE. You have to give it, and demand it if a healthy Relationship is what you want. Respect is shown by how a person TALKS to you, and how they TREAT you. A Person who thinks and acts like they are doing you a favor for dating you, A person who insults you in public and in private, never considers your opinions, such a person doesn’t respect You. Don’t stay in a Relationship where you have no Voice. A Relationship/Marriage where you have no voice is a Prison.
2) TRUST: Without Trust, a Relationship will give you Hypertension. You should not date someone you can’t trust, that you don’t trust them is a warning sign, ignoring this may not end well. AND you should not date someone who doesn’t trust you, if they don’t trust you, you’ll always be a suspect in their eyes, even when proven innocent. Is such a Relationship worth it?
3) MUTUAL INTEREST/EFFORT: A Relationship is not a SOLE-PROPRIETORSHIP but a PARTNERSHIP, never carry one alone.
You love them, do they love you?
You trust them, do they trust You?
You’ll die for them, will they die for you?
Are you the boo of your boo?
A Relationship that is one ended will exhaust you eventually and leave you broken, it’s better not to start, believe me, you cannot finish it. If you sense the interest, sacrifices and efforts are one sided, for your own good, retreat, it’s better to RETREAT than to proceed and end in REGRET.
4) LOVE: Love as exemplified by Kindness, Care and Sacrifice.
5) FRIENDSHIP.
Question: What is a Relationship without Friendship?
Answer: Civil Service.
A Relationship where you can’t joke, you can’t be yourself, you can’t come back to the person you love and feel happy in their company, that one is a SITUATIONSHIP. Over the years, what will make any Marriage not to become boring and mechanical is Friendship. Always start here, don’t jump into COMMITMENT when you haven’t made sure you both have FRIENDSHIP. Show me a happy, and in-love Couple, and I’ll show you two Friends.
Be FRIENDS before you become LOVERS.
