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The more clear you become about who you are, what you want, and what makes you tick emotionally, the better a relationship partner you will be.

Listen to your partner without criticism or judgment.

Supportive caring and increasing security in individual identities make possible the sharing of self-growth with a meaningful other who encourages and anticipates his own and his mate’s growth.

Kindness is very hard. I’m certainly not always kind, but it’s an ongoing process and an effort; I think that what it shows is that the relationship matters and that your partner will try not to hurt you. Part of being in a relationship involves taking care of the other person.

Our primary rule is not “anything goes,” it’s “everything is negotiable.”

The Myth of Monogamy, David P.

Cheaters do at least one honest thing: they acknowledge that one partner can’t meet all their needs and that they want to have sex or a relationship with someone other than their current partner.

When we fall in love, we’re not just saying, “My, what a wonderful mind you have, it’ll be a joy to talk with you over the next fifty years.” What we’re actually saying is “My, what a wonderful mind you have; I’m also expecting you to be a great lover, a great father, a wonderful Friday night date, my comforter in times of sorrow, my social sidekic