Been getting your love relationship advice from Cosmo or Esquire? Well, theres your problem right there. Popular magazines and Hollywood movies may offer plenty of tips on finding dates and what to do with your date later that night, but they rarely give you anything you can use to build a strong, long-term relationship. For a change, here are some tips you can actually use.
Build trust!
A lot of love relationship advice focuses on trust because it truly is the foundation of a loving relationship. While trust sometimes develops on its own, putting a little work into building it never hurts. How can you do that? First of all, be reliable. Call when you say you will and show up when you promise to. Also try not to make little off-hand promises you have no intention of keeping, like Yeah, Ill help you clean the kitchen later.
When you have a disagreement, be fair and dont take jabs at your partners weak spots. Respect your partners feelings and avoid telling them they shouldnt feel a certain way just because thats not how youd feel in the same situation.
Dont ignore money matters!
This may not be very common love relationship advice, but it is...