The Long Term Relationship

What a long term relationship is not is your typical relationship. The rules have changed and once you decide to carry on this responsibility and no longer are flirting, touching, kissing, etc. It is no longer about fulfilling your own momentary pleasures, but instead to fulfill your partner’s pleasures. A typical everyday dating couple that may last 3 months will primarily find themselves with mostly selfish motives (physical attraction and sex primarily) which are okay and somewhat expected at first, but once you commit long term, you have to officially put your partner first, all the time. No longer is it about the physical attraction anymore, but who your partner is as a person. It will be near impossible to commit long term to someone if you decide to base the relationship off their physical attraction only.

A long term relationship is a long lasting process. Everything about your partner comes first. No longer do you get to casually not answer the phone or ignore your partner when you want to drink a beer with the guys or go shopping with the women, but now, your partner is your best friend. They get to know everything about you because you two will spend so much time together. If you can’t commit to letting your partner be your best friend and be a part of you, then try not to commit long term.

A long term relationship is a manageability of personalities. You guys now have to connect on the mental level and must know how to deal with each others personalities.  The relationship will not be about having sex or making out all the time anymore, but instead, it will be about a solid foundation built around trust, friendship, and communication. You guys will need to rely on each other all the time for everything. When times are tough, you go to your partner and talk about it. When times are great, you go to your partner and talk about it. You have to have a solid level of communication for a long term relationship to remotely work.

In a typical relationship, it can be exciting to be a challenge and appear to be somewhat of a mystery to your partner, for a little while anyway, but this is not the case if you are seeking long term. This is part of the trust factor; you have to be wide open with your partner.

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