What do you want in a relationship?
By kara18
@kara18 (134)
October 3, 2009 9:29am CST
What do you think is essential for you in a relationship, to make it strong and lasting? Care to share? :)
5 responses
@mesuaky (397)
• Singapore
4 Oct 09
to me the most essential thing in a relationship is the love. if there is true love in a relationship, all things will follow. the respect the honesty, the thoughtfulnes and all other thing will follow. cause to my belief, if you love a person you will do anything so that you will never hurt the person you love, and if you accidentally did hurt that person but there is love, still there will be forgiveness because of love. Understanding each other and supporting each other no matter what is also done because of your love. so make sure you have love first in your relationship then everything will follow smoothly. Have a happy heart.
@kara18 (134)
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5 Oct 09
I do agree. Loving someone entails being really aware of your actions so you won't hurt the person you love. And yes, the challenge happens when you've unknowingly hurt that person and when forgiveness happens, and yes true love forgives and personally the challenging part is forgetting.
@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
4 Oct 09
honesty, communication, both people like each other, and something in common.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
3 Oct 09
There are many thing that I feel make a relationship long lasting and strong. Honesty, trust, communication, mutual respect, and love are a few. I think that without honesty, you cannot trust, if you cannot trust, you will not communicate, if you do not communicate, there can not possibly be any mutual respect, and without those things, how can there possibly be love?
@kara18 (134)
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4 Oct 09
I agree. How you linked all these essentials to make a relationship strong and lasting -- is very well said.
Knowing the value of a relationship, one would really need to put a conscious effort to make things happen. And to be reminded is a lot of help. Thank for your thoughts, lynnemg.
Have a nice day!
@abhikmjmdr (779)
• India
20 Oct 09
The main thing in a lasting relationship is adjustment.Mutual trust and understanding and transparency are other features which are essential in a relationship.Love of course is important but it must be beyond mere infatuation. You must be able to like a person as a whole with all his or her plus and minus points.
@ishme4nowz (679)
• United States
2 Dec 09
I think honesty and communication is very key in relationships. For me personally, I would say that being honest, being able to communicate with one another, love (or at least truly caring about each other), loyalty, and an understanding of each other are pretty important in a relationship if it is to remain strong and long lasting. Without honesty, the relationship itself is a lie. Without communication, the relationship is bound to fail soon enough. Without love or at least truly caring for one another, someone is going to get hurt. Without loyalty, it might as well be a friendship with benefits instead of a real relationship. Without understanding each other, there will be lots of arguments and complete misunderstandings and thus the relationship will fail.
