How to Analyse Your Relationship

Being able to judge whether your feelings are REAL LOVE can be difficult, especially as a teenager.

Questions that you might ask of your relationship include:
RESPECT
- Does he or she listen when you speak?
Does he/she know the things that are most important to you and vice versa?

EQUALITY
- What do you do together as shared interests?
Do you share each other’s friends?

AFFECTION
- Are there any signs of affection or kindness apart from sexual activity?

LOYALTY
- Is he/she loyal to you regardless of what his/her friends think and do?

LIBERATION
- Do you have someone to turn to apart from your boyfriend/girlfriend?
What is the future of your education and other life goals if this relationship continues?

OPENESS
- Do you and your partner express negative feelings of guilt, anger, depression?
Do you and your partner freely express positive feelings of love and affection?

VIGOR
- Is the intensity of the relationship one sided?

ENRICHMENT
- Do you like the way you act whilst in this relationship?
Do you believe that you have matured in it?

There are many ways to show that you care:
making friends and enjoying life,
sharing fun in sport and other activities,
sharing feelings about what you want out of life and listening to the other person.
When you are open and honest with your partner
it’s amazing how many feelings you will both share and how close you can feel.
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