A healthy relationship is based on respect. It's when:
you have fun together
you both feel like you can be yourself
you can have different opinions and interests
you listen to each other
you trust each other
you can both compromise, say sorry, and talk arguments out
you don't have to spend all of you spare time together - you can spend time on your own, or with your own friends and family.
Jealousy - is this love?
Jealousy might seem like a sign of love. But when someone uses anger or jealousy to try to control what you do, or acts like they 'own' you, this isn't love - it's control. You've got every right to talk to anyone you want to.
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"LOVE" devoid of self-gratification, is in essence, the will, to the greatest good...of another.
Well shoot, Phil. That means you and I have the perfect relationship. We listen to eachother, we have different interests, we're a country apart, so we cant get on eachothers nerves. LOL, okay, sorry, I just couldn't resist.
I remember when I thought I had the perfect relationship with the Love of My Life---I was in a recovery program at one end of the state, he was in one at the other end. It was perfect. Then we spent three months together. Whoops. End of that, but not before I'd had his name tatooed on my forearm to keep the other tats company. Sheesh, that was a long time ago, and yes, Phil, some of us really are sicker than others.......love, wren
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Thank you Phil. Only thing I might disagree with could be the jealousy definition. I've found it to be a truth in my life that jealousy, both my own and that of others, stemmed from insecurity, perceiving a possible loss to someone or something else...Tim
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Jealousy - is this love?