All Happy Relationships Share These 10 Traits

A strong foundation is at the root of it all.

The right person will make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else.

Every relationship is different. We’re all attracted to different things, love in different ways, have different wants, needs, and desires.

There is no “right way” to love — as long as you’re not hurting anyone — how you were born to love is the right way for you and your partner.

I do, however, believe that regardless of the nature of the relationship, there are common principles required for it to grow, develop, and thrive.

Let’s discuss ten of them below:

1. Both partners feel fully accepted as they are.

What does it mean to feel fully “seen” by another person? Not physically seen — but on a deeper and more meaningful level?

It means that your partner understands who you truly are on a higher level than any other person — and loves you for it — is what allows you to open up to them and share every facet of your being.

You share your secrets with them, as they do with you. You share thoughts and feelings that you’ve never shared with anyone else, because they have put in the…