Maintaining a healthy and glowing romantic relationship can often feel challenging if you’re both busy working, commuting, managing your household and finances, and working over a past trauma (or even that thing that pissed you off recently that has nothing to do with your partner.
So, as Glow’s resident Recovery Blogger, I’ve compiled a list of essential tips that, in my opinion, signal your relationship is going well:
- Communication: You communicate openly and honestly with each other. You feel comfortable expressing your thoughts, concerns, and emotions without fear of judgment or reprisal. Your partner feels the same way.
- Trust & Honesty: You feel a sense of security in your union. There are no major secrets or hidden agendas.
- You Don’t Blame Each Other: Sure, you disagree, but you both get over it by focusing on finding solutions rather than blaming each other. You listen, compromise, and validate each other’s feelings.
- You’ve Got Your Bae, and Your Own Life, Too: Your identity isn’t soaked up into who your partner is. You haven’t lost yourself to his or her dreams. You have your interests outside the relationship and there’s a healthy balance between spending time together and hanging out with friends or family. On top of this, you feel respected and valued for your uniqueness.
- Commitment to Growth: Both you and your partner like to learn new things, explore new places, or even try foods! Whatever your vice, you both are committed to keeping it fresh, what some may call growth, continuously working on themselves and their recovery.
- There’s No ‘Ike’ and No ‘Tina’: No one tries to dominate the other person and you feel you both have a say in how decisions are made. You feel safe and the only hands laid on you are loving hands… or healing hands (let’s the church say, Amen!)
Do any of these signs resonate with you? What would you add to this list? Remember, a healthy relationship is a journey, and these signs can be your guideposts along the way.
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