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How to Get the Perfect Relationship?
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Inspired by Jay Shetty
We can create a great relationship when we ask the right questions. Forget the fantasy of finding a “perfect partner.” A relationship’s quality depends on what we make of it.
When dating, we should enjoy ourselves and ask meaningful questions to understand what the other person wants.
0. Why Ask the Scary Questions?
If you’re afraid to ask hard questions, deep down you might already know the answer. Avoiding the truth only delays the pain — and it will always backfire.
We often live in lies, and that keeps us from moving forward.
A healthy relationship is not only about chemistry — it’s about clarity.
If you want real connection, you need real conversations.
People who hide from uncomfortable topics often face a bigger crash when the truth comes out. In my experience, speaking honestly reveals true friends, and those who don’t belong will leave — saving time and energy.
If you change yourself just to fit in with people who aren’t right for you, it isolates you, damages your well-being, and can lead to deep despair. Rejection is scary, but pretending is worse.
1. What Does a Healthy Relationship Look Like for You?
A healthy relationship:
Gives you space to grow (unhealthy: forces you to shrink to fit)
Holds you through hard times (unhealthy: makes you feel like a burden)
Brings you peace (unhealthy: keeps you addicted to chaos)
Challenges you with kindness (unhealthy: criticizes you into silence)
Helps you trust your voice (unhealthy: makes you doubt it)
Reminds you of your worth (unhealthy: makes you fight to prove it)
Ask: What are your terms and conditions for a healthy relationship?
Even better, explore their family relationship patterns — these often shape how they love.
2. What Does Commitment Mean for You?
Wishful thinking doesn’t create a healthy relationship. Commitment does.
Commitment is:
Showing up on boring days
Talking things out instead of running away
Feeling safe, even when you disagree
Accepting differences without disrespect
Knowing you’re valued, even on your worst day
Respecting each other’s space while staying connected
Choosing each other again and again, not just when it’s easy
This conversation isn’t about forcing commitment immediately — it’s about understanding values before a crisis.
3. How Do You Handle Conflict?
Do you:
A. Take time to process? (Hiding)
B. Want to solve it immediately? (Venting)
C. Explode emotionally? (Exploding)
Healthy couples address conflicts early and calmly — not through avoidance, disrespect, or fighting.
Ask: What are your long-term intentions? Are we going in the same direction?
4. What Does Emotional Availability Mean to You?
Are you emotionally open and vulnerable with your partner? Can they handle it?
Emotionally available people share and respect emotions.
Emotionally unavailable people hide feelings, punish honesty, or block connection.
If your partner can’t sit with your emotions, the relationship’s depth will be limited.
5. How Do You Recharge — Alone or With People?
Introverts often recharge alone.
Extroverts recharge through social interaction.
Knowing this prevents misunderstandings when one person needs space and the other wants connection.
Ask: What helps you during stress — space, talking, or distraction?
6. What Does Being Ready for a Relationship Mean to You?
Readiness often means:
Emotional healing
Financial stability
Clarity on what you want
You can’t force a casual relationship into a committed one if the other person doesn’t want it.
7. What Does Independence Look Like in a Relationship?
Some feel safe with space, others with closeness.
Independence is about boundaries — and boundaries build security, not distance.
8. What Are You Still Healing From?
Deep, healthy relationships require emotional work and often therapy. Without it, many people can’t truly be emotionally available.
Final Thought
If you want a lasting, meaningful relationship, you must:
Ask real questions early
Keep your heart open
Work through your own traumas
Practice honesty, even when uncomfortable
Without this, the relationship will stay on the surface — and surface connections break easily in hard times.
My Video: How to Get the Perfect Relationship? https://youtu.be/K9WIi04UiQM
My Audio: https://divinesuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/Podcast5/How-to-Get-the-Perfect-Relationship.mp3
28 episodes
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Inspired by Jay Shetty
We can create a great relationship when we ask the right questions. Forget the fantasy of finding a “perfect partner.” A relationship’s quality depends on what we make of it.
When dating, we should enjoy ourselves and ask meaningful questions to understand what the other person wants.
0. Why Ask the Scary Questions?
If you’re afraid to ask hard questions, deep down you might already know the answer. Avoiding the truth only delays the pain — and it will always backfire.
We often live in lies, and that keeps us from moving forward.
A healthy relationship is not only about chemistry — it’s about clarity.
If you want real connection, you need real conversations.
People who hide from uncomfortable topics often face a bigger crash when the truth comes out. In my experience, speaking honestly reveals true friends, and those who don’t belong will leave — saving time and energy.
If you change yourself just to fit in with people who aren’t right for you, it isolates you, damages your well-being, and can lead to deep despair. Rejection is scary, but pretending is worse.
1. What Does a Healthy Relationship Look Like for You?
A healthy relationship:
Gives you space to grow (unhealthy: forces you to shrink to fit)
Holds you through hard times (unhealthy: makes you feel like a burden)
Brings you peace (unhealthy: keeps you addicted to chaos)
Challenges you with kindness (unhealthy: criticizes you into silence)
Helps you trust your voice (unhealthy: makes you doubt it)
Reminds you of your worth (unhealthy: makes you fight to prove it)
Ask: What are your terms and conditions for a healthy relationship?
Even better, explore their family relationship patterns — these often shape how they love.
2. What Does Commitment Mean for You?
Wishful thinking doesn’t create a healthy relationship. Commitment does.
Commitment is:
Showing up on boring days
Talking things out instead of running away
Feeling safe, even when you disagree
Accepting differences without disrespect
Knowing you’re valued, even on your worst day
Respecting each other’s space while staying connected
Choosing each other again and again, not just when it’s easy
This conversation isn’t about forcing commitment immediately — it’s about understanding values before a crisis.
3. How Do You Handle Conflict?
Do you:
A. Take time to process? (Hiding)
B. Want to solve it immediately? (Venting)
C. Explode emotionally? (Exploding)
Healthy couples address conflicts early and calmly — not through avoidance, disrespect, or fighting.
Ask: What are your long-term intentions? Are we going in the same direction?
4. What Does Emotional Availability Mean to You?
Are you emotionally open and vulnerable with your partner? Can they handle it?
Emotionally available people share and respect emotions.
Emotionally unavailable people hide feelings, punish honesty, or block connection.
If your partner can’t sit with your emotions, the relationship’s depth will be limited.
5. How Do You Recharge — Alone or With People?
Introverts often recharge alone.
Extroverts recharge through social interaction.
Knowing this prevents misunderstandings when one person needs space and the other wants connection.
Ask: What helps you during stress — space, talking, or distraction?
6. What Does Being Ready for a Relationship Mean to You?
Readiness often means:
Emotional healing
Financial stability
Clarity on what you want
You can’t force a casual relationship into a committed one if the other person doesn’t want it.
7. What Does Independence Look Like in a Relationship?
Some feel safe with space, others with closeness.
Independence is about boundaries — and boundaries build security, not distance.
8. What Are You Still Healing From?
Deep, healthy relationships require emotional work and often therapy. Without it, many people can’t truly be emotionally available.
Final Thought
If you want a lasting, meaningful relationship, you must:
Ask real questions early
Keep your heart open
Work through your own traumas
Practice honesty, even when uncomfortable
Without this, the relationship will stay on the surface — and surface connections break easily in hard times.
My Video: How to Get the Perfect Relationship? https://youtu.be/K9WIi04UiQM
My Audio: https://divinesuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/Podcast5/How-to-Get-the-Perfect-Relationship.mp3
28 episodes
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