Single and looking for love? While there are always obstacles to meeting the right person, thesetips can help you find lasting love and build a healthy, worthwhile relationship.
Obstacles to finding love
Are you single and looking for love? Are you finding it hard to meet the right person? When you’re having trouble
finding a love connection, it’s all too easy to become discouraged or buy into the destructive myths out there
about dating and relationships.
Life as a single person offers many rewards, such as being free to pursue your own hobbies and interests,
learning how to enjoy your own company, and appreciating the quiet moments of solitude. However, if you’re
ready to share your life with someone and want to build a lasting, worthwhile relationship, life as a single person
can also seem frustrating.
For many of us, our emotional baggage can make finding the right romantic partner a difficult journey. Perhaps
you grew up in a household where there was no role model of a solid, healthy relationship and you doubt that
such a thing even exists. Or maybe your dating history consists only of brief flings and you don’t know how to
make a relationship last. You could be attracted to the wrong type of person or keep making the same bad
choices over and over, due to an unresolved issue from your past. Or maybe you’re not putting yourself in the
best environments to meet the right person, or that when you do, you don’t feel confident enough.
Whatever the case may be, you can overcome your obstacles. Even if you’ve been burned repeatedly or have a
poor track record when it comes to dating, these tips can help put you on the path to finding a healthy, lovingrelationship that lasts.
What is a healthy relationship?
Every relationship is unique, and people come together for many different reasons. However, there are also
some characteristics that most healthy relationships have in common, such as mutual respect, trust, andhonesty. In astrong, healthy relationship you also:
Maintain a meaningful emotional connection with each other. You each make the other feel loved and
emotionally fulfilled.
Are able respectfully disagree. You need to feel safe to express things that bother you without fear of
retaliation, and be able to resolve conflict without humiliation, degradation, or insisting on being right.
Keep outside relationships and interests alive. To stimulate and enrich your romantic relationship, it’s
important to sustain your own identity outside of the relationship, preserve connections with family and
friends, and maintain your hobbies and interests.
Communicate openly and honestly. Good communication is a key part of any relationship. When both
people know what they want from the relationship and feel comfortable expressing their needs, fears, and
desires, it can increase trust and strengthen the bond between you.
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