Besides love, what is the most important thing in a relationship?

Hi Shhiela, Communication is one of the vital ingredients in a relationship you have to establish an open communication where you can talk anything under the sun with fun and resolution if there are some disagreements. Intimacy--sustain the fire of passion that will make you feel the love of each other not only physically but even reaching each others core-- the soul!

Respect, trust and understanding. No-one is going to be perfect and everyone will irritate you at some point but you need to see beyond these moments. Also, I think fun is a big part. It may seem trivial but I think it's very important to have fun together and be able to laugh about things. It really helps when the going gets tough...

Respect, trust, honest, loyality, are a great start and some of the most important tools you will need to have a long lasting relationship. Once you have those tools to work with, you will have the kind of relationship you are so longing for.

trust, friendship

I completely agree. Repect is essential in a relationship. Trustworthiness, acceptance and humility are also very, very important.

Acceptance, understanding and forgiveness are very important in a relationship.

We all know that love without trust will not work out. We also know that love should have good communication with each other, friends also. But I know, financial stability is also one of the most important thing in a relationship. We start with love, then trust, and communication. What is love without money? We all need money to survive the love with trust and good communication. At the start, you can say that money is nothing, in love, in a relationship. But you see later on in the relationship, that if you have no money, you can say that, money is really important.

Maturity. With that you will have respect and good communication and everything else needed.

i think there is something more important for love (legit, honorable and probably true love) to take place. sense of self. if one knows who she is, works on being a right person (right people attract right people, idle people attract idle people, nonsense people attract nonsense people) then the love that doesn't cause headache and doesn't cause pride when it ends would take place .

hi there.. for me...respect is one important thing in a relationship...with out this there is no love.. both needs to have respect and love in order to have a stronger relationship.. respecting ones partner proves that you really do love him/her... and with out this everything will break into pieces.. right??? thanks! friend! cheers!

Trust. Any relationship can't and will not thrive and survive without trust. You can love a person with a doubtful character. You can still respect someone despite of his/her shortcomings. But without trust, things will be very difficult. Without trust even love is present, soon enough, doubts and insecurities will overwhelm that amorous person in you towards your partner. When trust is lacking in a relationship, you can expect that respect has no room, too. Trust can intensify love and can nurture respect among couples within a relationship. A relationship with the absence of trust is like building a house in a sand. Have a great day. :-)

It is a big toss up between respect and trust. These are two components that are needed to make a relationship work and make the love grow to a lasting relationship.

I'd have to basically copy you and say respect. With respect comes everything else; You tell the truth to those you respect. You wish the best for those you respect. You try to hear out the opinions of those you respect. And lastly, you would not wish to hurt those you respect.

I agree that respect within your relationship is very important. The kind of love you feel in the beginning of you relationship changes over the years, from the all-consuming feeling of "first love" to the loving but comfortable companionship of later years. But there are other components as well. My husband makes me happy when I am with him, he makes me laugh. If I am away from him for any reason, I can't wait to get back. We also don't have to fill every moment with chatter. We can sit for long periods not saying a word, but be content just to be in each other's company. We were married for 40 years this year.

Everything you have said is true about respect your partner and love will come. The number one important thing in a relationship is trust if you can not trust your partner then the two you named will definitely not be there. You will have a very unhappy relationship is you can not trust your partner because you may away be wondering what they are up to and who they are with.

I agree with you respect and communication is very important in a relationship. But honesty should come between this is also a very important ingredient in your relationship. If you have this thing sure your relation with your partner will probably work out.

That is always there if respet for each other along with that faith understanding should be there and everything will work out fine Love followed byt faith , understanding and respect u make life wonderful for each other.

The most important thing after love in a relationship is trust and support in my opinion.

Respect,Honesty and also communication too.

Communication, respect, and trust. Love will come, if it's not there already, and it will get better if it's already there.