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Generally, ultimatums do not make a goodrelationship.
We also got in touch with Dr. Wendy Walsh, a relationship expert fromDating Adviceto learn more.
People need to ask themselves (and their partner!)
if they are compatible with the three Fs of love.
Many of us plan out our future with someone in our heads beforeactually understandingwhat they are like.
As the love pheromones die down, however, other aspects of the relationship become more important.
Do you want to have kids?
If so, when?
Does one or both of you already have kids?
If so, are you ready to be a stepparent?
Finances If youcant talkin detail about money, then you have no business noodling into the future.
Ask yourself if you should be entering into a union with your own or your partners burden of debt.
If you have assets, ask yourself how you could protect those assets.
Yes, its important that people share their relationship history.
There is a common denominator in every one of our past relationships, and its US!
By hearing about your journey, your partner will get to know you better.
Tell the stories as adventures in personal growth, instead of past failures.
Youve got to meet the tribe who shaped them, and theyve got to meet yours.
I used to host a show for Investigation Discovery internet called Happily Never After.
It was a show about brides or grooms who murdered each other.
Note: It was usually the groom who did the deed.
And in almost every case, the couple had eloped.
They didnt allow theyre greater tribe, their friends and family, to weigh in on their relationship.
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