What TO DO in a relationship.....

spike · 02-24-2012, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

Discover what fills the other's empty spot and try to understand what gives them focus and makes them feel valued.

Awesome!!!

clay · 02-24-2012, 09:05 AM

respecting YOUR freedom to be YOU! (you know what I mean...grin)

gaea · 02-24-2012, 09:13 AM

remember daily what you like and appreciate about the other person. Give them respect. show them respect. Value who they are in your life. allow them the space to breathe and just be.

girl_dee · 02-25-2012, 08:23 AM

Hold on to your OWN beliefs! Don't sell out!

girl_dee · 02-26-2012, 02:33 PM

maintain friendships beyond the relationship....

Martina · 02-26-2012, 02:55 PM

Who would do that though? i mean, what grown person would do that?

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Hold on to your OWN beliefs! Don't sell out!

deedarino · 02-26-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Martina

Who would do that though? i mean, what grown person would do that?

You would be surprised how many people hide or change who they really are inside trying to "be" what you want. Eventually it all comes out, usually attached to resentment.

The JD · 02-26-2012, 03:28 PM

Even when you're angry at your partner, maintain the relationship rituals. In other words, if it's your "job" to make coffee in the morning, make it even if you're still pissed off from the argument you had the night before. Don't take out your anger by undermining the rituals that reinforce the relationship. (easier said than done sometimes, I know...lord, do I know.)

Martina · 02-26-2012, 05:42 PM

Yeah, eventually it comes out because how could it not? i guess i know that some people are on best behavior for a long time and some develop new interests. But no one could really pull this off. It's not to the rest of our credit that we do not. Making the attempt is immature at best. And success is simply impossible unless one is Chauncey Gardiner.

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Originally Posted by deedarino

You would be surprised how many people hide or change who they really are inside trying to "be" what you want. Eventually it all comes out, usually attached to resentment.

dixie · 02-26-2012, 06:11 PM

Take the time to enjoy one another. (Quality time may be a cliche, but it's a true one.) It helps you remember why you fell in love in the first place, and helps keep those feelings fresh.

girl_dee · 02-26-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Martina

Who would do that though? i mean, what grown person would do that?

lots of people, suddenly their new love's interests, beliefs and ideals become theirs.. i prefer to be an individual in the relationship

Venus007 · 02-26-2012, 03:59 PM

Do something physical together other than sex. Dance, wrestle, build something, do partner yoga, anything that connects you physically as a team or even as adversaries. This well help energize your physical connection.

Quintease · 02-26-2012, 05:20 PM

Be kind.

No matter how angry you are, this person is not your enemy.

Remember that you're an essential part of his or her life and your moods and behaviour DO matter.

girl_dee · 02-26-2012, 05:22 PM

be careful with your words, you can't take them back.

02-24-2012, 09:05 AM	#2
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02-24-2012, 09:13 AM	#3
gaea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west coast Posts: 3,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,630 Thanked 14,363 Times in 3,381 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	remember daily what you like and appreciate about the other person. Give them respect. show them respect. Value who they are in your life. allow them the space to breathe and just be. __________________ Gaea "Building a lifetime together one day at a time" Courage: the willingness to risk who you are for who you want to be and what you have for what you want You're not who your past says you are, you are who you choose to be today moving forward.

02-26-2012, 03:28 PM	#8
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02-26-2012, 03:59 PM	#12
Venus007 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Serene Highness ;} Relationship Status: Dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,362 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,417 Thanked 4,749 Times in 1,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Do something physical together other than sex. Dance, wrestle, build something, do partner yoga, anything that connects you physically as a team or even as adversaries. This well help energize your physical connection. __________________ . "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. " Ayn Rand, Anthem "So you'll die happily for your sins. You'd rather die in guilt then live in love?" Timothy Leary

02-26-2012, 05:20 PM	#13
Quintease Member How Do You Identify?: Rainbow femme Preferred Pronoun?: princess Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 514 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 508 Thanked 1,817 Times in 417 Posts Rep Power: 10560327	Be kind. No matter how angry you are, this person is not your enemy. Remember that you're an essential part of his or her life and your moods and behaviour DO matter. __________________ It is not worth an intelligent person's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

02-25-2012, 08:23 AM	#4
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02-26-2012, 02:33 PM	#5
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02-26-2012, 06:11 PM	#10
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02-26-2012, 05:22 PM	#14
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,829 Times in 13,908 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	be careful with your words, you can't take them back.