The Most Important Aspects of a Relationship

By Toby Hardwick

Are you tired of your never ending failures in your relationships? Have you ever been so exhausted that you feel like giving up? Or are you one of those people who are so scared to take a chance and ended up not trying at all? "Well, it is a matter of choice," they say. But for me, the people who are satisfied with being alone are those people who consider themselves as a failure.

Yes, we may fall one time. We may even fall down again and again. But why would we stop there? Why won't we stand up and move forward? Why would you think that one failure is the end of all things for you while you can think of it as another learning experience that you'll definitely use to your advantage in the future? Why won't we look back and take a moment and analyze these in the way that can help?

There are lots of factors contributing to a successful relationship. Whether the couple's commitment with each other is just blossoming or had already passed the moment of "Flowers and Chocolates," "Teddy Bears and Cotton Candies" and of course the all powerful (but oh so cheesy) "I love you and I love you too." There's one essential element that can be considered as one of the most important factor any relationship should have. The absence or presence of it can make or break a couple's relationship. We call it Trust.

According to research, it had been proven that those couples with high percentage of trust incorporated in their relationship last longer. The higher the percentage of trust towards your partner is, the higher the tendency of your relationship to last longer.

Other aspects of a relationship such as intimacy, common interest, physical attraction, understanding and the likes, are also essential. However, if you and your partner aim to make the relationship more successful, your better learn how to trust each other. It's said to be the foundation of good treatment of couples towards each other. Because, in any case that you are doubtful of your mates' loyalty; you are most likely to get cold, short-tempered and not intimate with him or her anymore.

Situations like this, if not treated as early as possible, can escalate to the doubtful partner in you who can be disrespectful towards the other. This might result into an often heated fight. In the end, it can break the commitment towards one another. This scenario is very common especially on a broken relationship. One way or the other, fights caused by doubt towards your partners' faithfulness can be exhausting for anyone.

You, or anyone for that matter, would of course not want a painful ending of a once happy and fulfilling relationship. As for the much known adage "prevention is better than cure," it is so much better for any couple to establish a solid foundation of trust towards the partner before completely committing to the relationship.

This can be achieved through complete honesty towards one another. One step at a time. It is earned and should be reciprocated by the other. Since a relationship can also be described as a dance to a beat of music the couple chose to have. Both should be able to dance to that tune accordingly. Unless that trust is not coordinated, there's a much lesser chance for the relationship to move effectively.

Others might not see this to work 100% but it's still worth a shot. It's better to try and fail than to not try at all as you will end up leaving your life with what ifs.