by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: July 22, 2009

Good personal relationships can accent and compliment our personality and lifestyle like no other adventures in life can. Having relationships that give us the opportunity to explore life, and ourselves, to laugh, and to play can bring with them a personal satisfaction that we just don't find in other aspects of life. One on one relationships are especially important.

Having a special someone to share our thoughts, feelings, and trust with, provides a closeness and confidence that is just not available from other relationships. Best friends, lovers, and dating playmates all fit into this category. When you feel comfortable enough within these relationships to confide your deepest thoughts, feelings, and fears to that other person, then you know that your relationship has the potential to be a lasting one. Relationships are built on trust.

Being able to have total trust in the fact that the other partner in your relationship accepts you for who, and what you are, is very important in being able to maintain a close bond with that person. The closer our bond with another person than the more give and take that will also be likely to occur within our communications with that person. These are our favorite companions so we naturally want to insure that they want the relationship to continue onward as much as we do. Compromise and sharing is all just a part of being friends with another person.

As relationships progress, there is a tendency for each partner to mold their behavior and personality to be more alike that of their counterpart. This is a naturally occurring event and, should not be one that is requested, or required from us in order for the relationship to continue. We should be able to maintain a high degree of comfortable confidence in being accepted by the other person within the relationship. These close relationships of friendship, or need, exist because the partnership is beneficial (complimentary) to both members of the relationship. There should be a comfortableness in these relationships that does not exist elsewhere.

So what are the signs that you may be uncomfortable with your partner? Only you can pinpoint and recognize these.

Every relationship is different so there are no clearly drawn out guidelines as to whether or not your relationship is a negative one. Every partnership has distinct levels of give and take and each relationship may vary in the degree of give that is required from each partner. However, when you are required to give

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