Intimate Relationship

An intimate relationship is a close interpersonal relationship. It is a relationship in which the participants know or trust one another very well. Intimate relationship is a relationship in which there is physical or emotional intimacy.

Intimate relationships consist of the people that we are attracted to, whom we like and love, romantic and sexual relationships, and those who we marry and provide emotional and personal support.

The terms for partners in intimate relationship includes; Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Confidant or confidante, Family member, Friend, Life partner/Partner, Spouse, Mistress, Significant other, Companion.

Characterstics of True Love

Love is different things to different people. But true love is when you connect to the other's inner most desires, make them important as if they were you own desires and than fulfill them to the other person. When you love someone you go out of your self and make yourself available to the one you love.

But the problem with trying to “find” true love in our dating lives, is that too often we look at physical appearance, popularity, or wealth. These are not the qualities that God looks at and neither should we.

The characterstics for true love are :

• Love is patient, love is kind.
• It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
• It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered.
• It keeps no record of wrongs.
• Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
• It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
• Love never fails.

What Is Infatuation

You met someone and fall in love. But is it love or just infatuation? Sometimes we sort of like this girl because she is beautiful? Or the girl lkes you because you are handsome? But this kind of love is not a true love but a better known as infatuation. And there is a vast difference between infatuation and real love. Before moving further, let me clear what really is infatuation.

Infatuation is a static process characterized by an unrealistic expectation of blissful passion without positive growth and development. Some of the “symptoms” of infatuation are; feelings of panic, uncertainty, overpowering lust, feverish excitement, impatience, and/or jealously. Infatuation is based totally on physical attraction.

There are some feelings we have when infatuated that we don’t have when we’re feeling love.

• When infatuated, we are thrilled, but not happy, wanting to trust, yet suspicious.
• There are lingering, nagging doubts about our “partner in infatuation” and their love for us.
• We’re miserable when they’re away, almost like we’re not complete unless we’re with them.
• It’s a rush and it’s intense.
• It’s difficult to concentrate.
• Most infatuation relationships have a high degree of sexual charge around them. Somehow being with them is not complete unless it ends in some type of sexual encounter.

Romantic Love

Based on my perspective, a romantic love is not just being romantic to each other. It depends on how both persons (either the man or the woman) can give and take to each other in order to achieve understanding.

A romantic love is basically full of temporary enjoyment. Romantic Love can be defined as the capability of loving someone by nature or the first-sight without external pressure from the surrounding. It is the capability of being spontaneous and honest to the spouse. A love shouldn't be like a puppy love. Love should be something that will not bring burden to our daily living. It is more likely to give something good to our life principle which will make us a better person.

Love should be something that can make the life of both persons to the highest extend which they cannot reach before in the past.Love should be something that will remind us to our religion and the importance of us living among the mankind.Love is not just about bringing the happiness in life, it is all about making ourselves to be appreciated.

Healthy Relationship

Sometimes it feels impossible to find someone who's right for you — and who thinks you're right for him or her! So when it happens, you're usually so psyched that you don't even mind when your little brother finishes all the ice cream or your English teacher chooses the one day when you didn't do your reading to give you a pop quiz.

Hopefully, you and your significant other are treating each other well. Take a step back from the dizzying sensation of being swept off your feet and think about whether your relationship is healthy or not:

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.