What do you feel you need out of your relationship?

I agree trust is very important. It would be very hard to have a stable relationship with anyone if you can't trust them. It would honestly not be a good friendship in anyway if you don't have trust. I think honesty is important in all relations. These qualities do a lot to strengthen the bond. Many people take these things for granted but to me they are very important. I'm so thankful that my husband and I have a loving, honest, and open relationship. I would trust him with my life because I know that he cares for me very much.

I can imagine how difficult it is to be apart while he works hard to provide for your family. I would go crazy. I'm already kind of going crazy as my husband is talking of starting a very long 12 year journey of college to go to medicial school. He will be very busy with schooling and so I'm trying to adjust my viewpoint of the upcoming situation starting next year. I'm so happy that you both are able to spend that quality time together when he is home. That is very important. The things that you both do together allows for you to open up to one another and draw closer. I'm happy that you and your husband are doing well. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks so much. Life can be difficult and trials and tribulations will come up. It is when we are able to successfully master these things together that we are able to grow. It is a good thing when we work at our problems with all our effort.

The things that you mentioned are so true. We need these things in a relationship if we are to have success and be happy. Give and take is deffinitely a key. And we all should strive to treat one another with love and respect. I'm so happy that you have a good relationship with your boyfriend. Qualities like these go along way in adding success in a relationship.

Yes trust is very important. It can be difficult to maintain a good relationship with trust I would hate to see one without it. Trust is a key part in the success of a relationship. It's important we don't take for granted the trust that our partner has in us, because once it's lost it's hard to have the same viewpoint of the relationship.

Don't give up. Our relationship has it's ups and downs as well. And there are times when I think what in the world have I gotten myself into.:) We aren't always as loving as we should be and that happens in relationships because of the stress and anxiety that is put on us. I'm glad that both of you have to come to the realization that you have. I personally am always trying to read up on material that will help my family life, my marriage and that will help me to improve as a person. I completely understand having different sets of friends. My husband is anti-social and so for me that has been difficult. When we first got married he had improved a great deal.But now he is going back to the attitude and viewpoints he has had before. That makes it extremely hard because I'm a social person and at times I get tired of telling people that he is not coming to events. I feel bad because my friends use to be his friends and so they take it personally which I try to tell them it's not them, it's him. Marriage is a lot of work and it requires I know for me personally to be humble. Because at times I'm the one who is trying to improve and not him. And in a relationship a lot of the time it is one person who works hard at it. But as long as we are willing to work at it there is hope. I hope that your marriage is improving. Let me know how you are doing.

Yes we are all different. We have different likes and dislikes and we view things differently. This can make it hard to have good relations with others. But if both parties are willing to work at it, it can be achieved successfully.

Yes relationships require work and effort. We can be successful in them if we continually work at it. Thanks I try to work hard at my marriage. Family relationships are very important to me so I work at areas where I see improvements need to be made.

I agree that love is very much needed in all good relationships. That is way so many relationships fail or end because of the lack of love, falling out of love with a person, and similar situations. So love is important and essential to the success of happy relationship. I'm happy that even though we have our hard times we still love each other dearly. To keep the love we have to do things together that will continue to feed our feelings for each other. Whether it's talking, taking a walk, holding hands, doing something special for one another. These types of actions contribute greatly. I always enjoy getting little gifts for my husband. I feel very happy when I know that he's thankful for these things and that he appreciates what I've done.

I can imagine that it would be not impossible but difficult to have a long distance relationship like this. I think that it would be hard living so far apart. It's neat that you two live in separate countries and yet throughout the time you have been together have made it work. I think that relationship such as yours can allow a couple to really get to know each others thought. You both have been together for some time and are able to learn much about each other through communication without the distraction of what a person may or may not look like. Appearances can sometimes cloud a person's judgement on what they really like about a person. I hope that you two will be able to continue to have a strong relationship and meet in person soon.

I do understand where you are coming from. That is one thing that gets me frustrated: when we can't spend time together. Life can be very hectic with all the things that need to get done. And I understand that about bills, work, and topics of that sort can be very boring. At times I feel like that's what we talk about the most. How much money we have, what bills need to be paid. It's nice to be able to step away from it for a bit and just enjoy the company of our spouse. I really hope that soon you two will be able to enjoy your companionship without the stress of everyday living.