Secrets to a great relationship

All those couples who say they have a great relationship, they also have several common traits.

Never take your partner for granted.

Love is a two-way relationship. Give more than you receive.

You are never too old to love more.

Respect your partner even s/he is not perfect. No one is.

Don't expect your partner to change. People only change on their own; not when they are forced to by someone else.

Listen. Always listen more than you talk. And listen with genuine interest. Ask questions if you don't get it. And then digest what you heard and put it in the right context. Learn something from what you listen and use it to improve your relationship.

 

Give your heart and soul to the relationship. If you are not satisfied with your current relationship, don't go looking for another one. Work on your relationship. The chances that the next person will be significantly better than this one are remote. We all have deficiencies.

Get a life beyond your relationship. Have friends, do volunteer work, enrich your personal life and pursue a dream. Do not make your relationship so important in your life that there is nothing else to keep you going.

Give everything that your partner needs even if it is not what you like. After all by entering into a relationship you agreed to it. If you don't give it, someone else will; that is how adultery, frustration, divorce, misery, etc. happen.

Keep asking for feedback and suggestions from your partner on how you can make your relationship better. It should never end.