Maintaining Healthy Relationships

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I believe the following are important in relationships and I would like to know what others think.
  1. Equality- Both individuals in a relationship are equal. Their ideas should be respected and they should not be chastised for them. If there is a disagreement, the individuals should peacefully discuss it and try to find a solution or compromise. There should be no yelling because that is disrespectful and shows that you feel dominant to the other; that your opinion matters more.
  2. Respect- Both individuals should be respected as people and not just objects to be won or lost. People are not property.
  3. Fidelity- This one is blatantly obvious. It can also, go with respect. This can also be thinking of other individuals.
  4. Honesty- The individuals in a relationship should not lie to each other. Otherwise it turns the other individual into no more than an object. They must be able to function as one.
  5. Trust- The individuals in a relationship must be able to trust each other. They must be able to function as one.
  6. Support- Both individuals should help each other with their problems and try to make each other happy.
  7. Tolerance- Both individuals are most certainly going to have disagreements and do things differently. They should be able to accept this and compromise.
 
I was thinking about combining Equality and Respect, and Honesty and Trust because those are kind of similar.
 
These are wonderful. I think Love is another fundamental part of a relationship. It doesn’t matter what type of relationship we are in - whether be the family type, sacramental type, or just spiritual type; I believe love for people is important - even when they do their best to be unlovable. I know somedays when I myself have almost seemed to go out of my way to be unlovable is when a kind word of love from a friend or coworker goes a long way.

God bless,
 
All of what you enumerated actually comes down to respect. Respect comes down to charity and the whole thing is about putting charity in romantic love.
 
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