12 Non-Negotiable Things YOU Deserve In Your Relationship

It’s time to raise your standards.

James Michael Sama
8 min readMay 7, 2024

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How deeply do you believe that you truly deserve the love, intimacy, and treatment that you desire in a relationship?

It’s one thing to want it, but it’s a whole other to really believe that you deserve it.

The challenge lies in that no amount of wanting will replace the knowledge of deserving. Only when you understand what you deserve, will you change your actions and raise your standards in order to begin receiving it.

Many times, it’s hard for people to even define this level of treatment in their minds, so it remains hidden in a nebulous cloud of ideas.

Yesterday we talked about things you should never sacrifice in your relationship, so now let’s switch gears towards some of the things that you deserve from your partner in an intimate relationship — feel free to add yours in the comments.

1: You deserve consistency.

Nothing truly solid can be built without consistency, this is a foundational piece of the puzzle.

If the person you’re dating is off and on, hot and cold, or disappears for days or weeks at a time without seeing or communicating with you, it’ll be very hard to commit your full…

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James Michael Sama

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