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What Are The 3 Most Important Traits in a Relationship?
It’s much deeper than physical attraction and similar interest.
2 min readMay 3, 2023
It’s fairly simple, but not, depending on the level of awareness. There are three must-have “traits” in a relationship to make it satisfying for both partners.
Most get into relationships based on the love endorphins or the “honeymoon” phase that most relationships initially experience.
Only 3 in 10 marriages are what you’d call “happy.” But “happy” is a relative term, and I believe it is much lower.
If you want to be happy in a relationship, I believe you must possess these three traits.
- Conscientiousness: It’s not just kindness; you can be kind and be a pushover. Consciousness is intelligent and attentive. Someone who can read into a text message. It’s a certain level of intelligence. To be conscious, you have to be motivated, whereas you look out for your partner in a sense. For instance, you know they have an important meeting in the morning. You check their alarm to make sure it’s set. You get up with them in the morning and make them a cup of coffee. Things are similar to that. How couldn’t your love grow with this person?
- Emotionally stable: I’m not talking about someone who sometimes gets down or suffers from a…