What Makes A Relationship Work? NEED YOUR ANSWERS!

There are many aspects that make a relationship work. Yes, I agree that understanding and trust are big factors in a healthy relationship, I don't think mine would be the same without those things. Also you cannot forget a biggy, communication. Without communication there are fights and it is something needed so you can reach understanding of one another. If one does not communicate, the other will not understand what is going on in the life of their partner, or what they may be thinking. Without communication my relationship would not work, since my boyfriend lives thousands of miles away, and we see each other only two months out of a year. Fidelity is also a nice thing to have, you want to be faithful to each other or there can be big problems and the relationship will most likely fail in the long run. We cannot forget honesty either, or the relationship would not have as much trust, and there would be some guilt behind not being honest with your partner. Those are dark clouds on a relationship. But anyways, happy mylotting and have a great Valentines Day!

dear friend trust and understanding are like two sides of a coin .. if u trust someone its sure that you understand that person well.

In my opinion what makes a relationship work is compromising. Yes you can trust and understand but one has to practice compromising inside of the relationship. I have my different attitude and you have yours. There will be things that you don't like about me and likewise but the main ingredient is there which is love. So we have to work on doing the things that make each other irritable. In doing this we will have a relationship with love, peace, understanding and respect.

Trust is so important in any relationship. If you have trust then you have the world, as long as you don't betray that trust in any way. You should learn to cope with each other, even though each of you might have slight differences and annoying habits or whatever. If you can cope with this then you're well on your way ;]

responsibility, communication, understanding and respect.. all the rest would follow...

For me communication is the most important thing. If 2 people won't talk about anything then there's no understanding, respect and trust for their partner. People are not psychic... they cannot tell what is inside your mind until you say so.

Trust, a true caring for the other person, understanding, and a desire to be with the person are important for a relationship to develop and grow. There are other factors. For each of us, it is different. I find that if trust does not exist, the relationship should be avoided all together.

I think love, intimacy and commitment. Imagine those three level arranged like a triangle. As long as both triangles are of equal size then I think it should be okay =) You have to be able to trust one another. Let each other have their own friends and own space. And own time! If you can both do all of that, and maybe have a good time along the way, then you have the foundations for a really good relationship!

I think a relationship will work if there is love. The reason why I decided to choose "love" as the number one factor in order for a relationship to work is "just" based on my personal experience. When it comes to a strong relationship, of course a single factor is not enough. It should be a combination of a lot of factors and proper attitude. Before I elaborate "love" further as the top answer I just want to include the following on the list of What Makes A Relationship Work: Understanding, Caring, Honesty, Trust, Sincerity, Responsibility, Compromise, Respect and Communication. Now the reason why I decided to choose love is because I think when you love someone you can give the rest of the things I enumerated on my list. When there is love you can always sacrifice and understand. If love no longer exist, respect will most of the time disappear. Love should always make a relationship work because it is the main driver. It will make you move mountains and make you stronger. When you are in a relationship as long as there is love you will always find a way to fix arguments and that is what I and my husband is doing. We never end a day without fixing our problem or settling an argument because we do love each other and we want a long and lasting relationship.

I think the most important aspect in a relationship is trust ..If you don't trust someone ,you can never make it with your partner without being insecure and then you just can't carry on.Trust forms the basis of a strong relationship and makes it easier for you to understand your partner better.So i believe a relationship based on trust can go on forever because it removes the possibility of a misunderstanding arising ,which is mostly the cause of a broken relationship..

If anything is there so delicate and fragile inside each of us that is the issue of relationship. Relationship- be it love relation, business relation, relation between two fiends, international relation or any sort, it demands basically reciprocation and then come the terms like trust and understanding. If there is one way traffic in relation be sure it would collapse soon. Once the bond of reciprocation is established trust and understanding would follow automatically. But these two things - 'trust' and 'understanding' are the most prized things.

I am also searching answers for this from sometime but one thing is for sure getting sermons from people makes the situation even worse when you are trying to save a relationship.It like the saying"Too many cooks spoil the broth".

For me, trust, loyal and flexible are vital. If you can accept the person as what they are, you can make it out of a relationship. Sharing is another enhancement.

3T's. Truth, Trust and Time.

What applies to life in general applies to a relationship as well: the golden rule. Don't do on others what you don't want others to do on you. It boils down to repect. It's not so much about love, I think it's over-rated. And sure, you need trust, but it takes along time to build, and it's often very fragile.

I actually agree with you there, understanding and trust are important, the want to be with the person and LOVE is also extremely important of course. Whats the point in being with and loving somebody if you don't actually want to be with them? Sure you can understand and trust somebody, but then i understand and trust my best friend, i'm not in a relationship with HER though lol (Of course o.O) You need the element of love and want... Thats just my opinion though.

Hi Allright, How do u term "understanding"? Do you mean, you need to put urself in ur partner's place, and understand the situation? May be, the way u understand a situation is differnt from what is actually goin on in ur partner's mind. May be its not possible to think the way ur partner things. How is it possible to understand someone without trusting what they say? So i feel trust is the one that keeps the relationship goin. When ur partner tells something, u need to trust them, beleive them. Probably, once u start trusting them, u understand how they feel & what goin on in their mind. So, TRUST is one of the most important aspect that keeps life going :) Its jus one of the key factor of a relationship. Understanding, caring, loving are also a need to boost up a relationship though... :) Love is nothing bu a combination of all these factors...

you know i use to have a real problem with relationships because i always thought that the person should always be perfect in my eyes even while growing older.that is just redicules.i have now been married for 10 years and only because i have made my self realize we all come with flaws some of us will bald as we get older some will wrinkle ,some will forget,some will get crumpy ann mean,some will be happy about every thing.i have learned you really need to love that person for who they are on the inside and try to understand every day will not be a fairy tale world with a picture perfect looking person.this helps you to be strong and comitted even when it does not seem like the best thing at the time.

Yes you are right, understanding is very important in every relationship. Understanding make both person independent and think differently. Understanding in realtionship is responsible to respect each others thoughts. Relations without understading is tight bond which suffocate both the person.Thank you. have gr8 day.

I certainly think so. You're totally right. Understanding between partners is the deciding factor of wether or nat the relationship will work. But also I think that trust also has a major part to play. Understanding by itself like being lonely for the rest of your life.