Dating is teamwork. There is a lot of give and take and that’s just how it is. You have to put your pride aside and your ego aside to make a relationship work. Sometimes you might hide or lie about something to avoid an argument but what happens when your significant other finds out about it. The problem becomes 10 times worse. Whether you want to admit it or not, when you lie and hide things it’s 1) disrespectful, and 2) You are choosing to cause problems in your relationship. If you are afraid of confrontation, don’t be. Argue, yell, fight. Whatever. That shows that you care.

Be passionate. Show that you want to be there. People are just so wrapped up in themselves and they just don’t have the mentality to be in a relationship. Do not let other people affect your relationship. You are in the relationship. Not you and your parents or you and your friends or you and social media.

If you’re going to be in a relationship, be present. Take time to put experiences and memories and character into your relationship. Make time. And make sure your partner feels like they are wanted and/or needed. Just because they aren’t giving you attention doesn’t mean that you have to one up them and be a butt hole too. Sometimes we get busy. Work, school, bills, kids, family. We forget that there are other things that require our attention and then we get butt hurt when we don’t get attention.

Work hard. Our society expects hand-outs and for things to just fall into place. That is not the way that it works. You have to put in work and effort for something to last and be maintained and work correctly.

If you aren’t ready to be in a relationship don’t be. Grow up before you decide to just play with something and throw it away.