Relationship Truths

• It's your job to educate your partner about how to treat you so you feel loved.
  
  

• Communication doesn't mean talking. It means sharing.
  
  

• Infidelity is the surest way to destroy a relationship.
  
  

• Generosity is rarely about money or things. It's mostly about heart.
  
  

• Until you resolve your past, you are not free to have a future.
  
  

• What people do to you is rarely about you and is almost always about their unresolved past. Don't take it personally.
  
  

• Until you realize that a great relationship is created by who you are, you won't have one.
  
  

• Until you love yourself enough to take care of your needs, no one else will.
  
  

• If you feel empty, a relationship will most likely make you feel even emptier.
  
  

• Compassion for your partner goes a long way in getting what you want.
  
  

• Sexual intimacy has very little to do with attractiveness and everything to do with emotional intimacy and trust.
  
  

• Women rarely appreciate money and assistance as a substitute for emotional intimacy.
  
  

• If your partner continuously says, "There is nothing wrong with me. Our problems are all your fault," get help.
  
  

• This is not a dress rehearsal - this is your life and your relationships in progress. Start creating your life the way you want it to be today.
  
  

• You are not your parents. There is no reason your relationship or life should look like theirs.
  
  

• It's much easier to be yourself than to be what you think others want you to be.

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• Even when someone loves you more than life itself, they will still look out for their interests first.
  
  

• Being a people-pleaser is not an effective way to create good relationships. It is an effective way to get taken advantage of.
  
  

• If you always take care of someone, you take away their power. They will resent you for it.
  
  

• Supporting men financially takes away their self esteem. Give them moral support instead.
  
  

• The best relationships are partnerships.
  
  

• If you get to be right most of the time and make your partner take all of the blame, you will end up alone.
  
  

• A relationship with a foundation of dishonesty is like a house of cards.
  
  

• Grass only looks greener on the other side.
  
  

• You may secretly wonder if there isn't a better partner out there. This is your mind's way of communicating that you are dangerously close to real intimacy with your current partner.
  
  

• If your partner says he is willing to grow and change, don't test him. Support him in his commitment.
  
  

• Emotional maturity is knowing when you are overreacting. Stop and take care of your needs so you can get back in balance.
  
  

• What you think you want is often not what you really want, but rather a sideways plot to get your needs met.
  
  

• If you ask, very often you will receive.
  
  

• Communication means two-way understanding, not one-way accusing.
  

This article was originally published by Coach Rinatta Paries in the Relationship Coach Newsletter, a weekly e-zine for people who want fulfilling relationships. For singles, the newsletter will help you attract your Mr. or Ms. Right. If you're in a relationship, you will learn to create more closeness and intimacy with your mate. To subscribe, go to www.WhatItTakes.com.

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