As adolescents, young adults, and even adults, it is extremely important to be aware of your relationship status. Understanding what a “healthy relationship” is is very important so you can not only respect your partner but respect yourself. Here is a list of topics that make a relationship healthy. Obviously arguments happen, it only natural, and mistakes are made, although excessive amounts may hurt you emotionally or physically.Respect: self respect and your partners respect. Understand their desires, dislikes and hopes in your relationship. Give them space when needed, and never cross the line with verbal or physical violence.
Trust: believe their word and have faith in your instincts.
Honesty: always tell the truth and try not to hide anything from your partner. Lies only turn into unnecessary arguments, which can lead to pain and tears. Be honest with your partner and yourself.
Support: try to back up your partner 100 percent with all they choose to do even if you don’t think it’s the right thing. And if you believe differently, suggest differently, but make sure they understand you are behind them.
Separation: time away is okay! It is important to see your friends and family separately. It makes the time your together afterwards much happier and stronger.
Communication: talking is very important in all relationships. If you hold things in, they will eventually blow up inside of you. Talk about your feelings, your day and your future together. Be sure to tell them what is bothering you and what makes you happy.
As college students, relationships can be stressful from your education and all the other aspects that go along with being away from home and living at school. This list is very important, even though it seems like common sense, not fulfilling these key parts of a relationship can make it go straight down the drain, and cause a lot of pain in both individuals. To read more about this and other healthy relationships topics visit health.org/teen/your_mind/relationships.html
2 comments:
This was a great topic to write about! I'm sure as college students most of us have either seen our friends in a bad relationship or gone through it ourselves. Something as simple as this list could save a lot of relationships.
This was a nicely done blog. The information was good and next time I am in a relationship I will work on all those aspects in your list. Good job.
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