Things You'll Need:
- Your 5 senses
- Analytical awareness
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Step 1
Qualify quickly.
Identify compatibilities and incompatibilities quickly. Look for likemindedness, opposites do attract, but they don't stay married. If you see these incompatibilities, inconsistencies in behavior, address it quickly before it happens again. Spend quality time with quality people, that is, if you are a quality person. -
Step 2
Time is the master.
There would be fewer people claiming to fall out of love with their spouse if there were more people who let time do the talking. True love grows over time, not decreases. If you notice that you loved someone more towards the beginning of the relationship then towards the end, then that is a red flag that the decreasing trend may continue. -
Step 3
time for a changy wangy!Calculate future expenses.
In accordance with step two, it will be necessary to consider each others needs. If you are dating a person, who has needs now that you have a hard time meeting, take it into deep consideration, because those needs will grow exponentially. -
Step 4
Speak the truth.
A person who is faithful with the least of things, will be faithful with much. People that are dishonest early in their relationships are more likely to be very dishonest, trust breakers later on in the relationship. -
Step 5
Looks are not important.
"Beauty is vain, favor is deceitful." When people say things like "you look so good together" take it with a grain of salt. If appearance or looks are in your top 10 reasons for getting married, then give it more time. -
Step 6
bahh...Birds of a feather con together.
If you are dating someone who is an angel, and all of that person's friends are spawn of devils, somebody is lying. It is easy to overlook this, step two and four with help you to avoid this common mistake.
