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8 COMMON MYTHS ABOUT HOW INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE


8 COMMON MYTHS ABOUT HOW INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE


MANY THINGS CAN UNDERMINE THE POTENTIAL SUCCESS OF A RELATIONSHIP BUT ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE IS A SET OF EXPECTATIONS THAT EACH PARTNER BRINGS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP FROM A MULTITUDE OF PAST EXPERIENCES.

THEY OFTEN LIMIT OR OBSCURE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS AND, INSTEAD, SEEK FANTASIES THAT ARE NOT LIKELY TO WORK.

PARTNERS HOLD ON TO THE EXPECTATIONS AND FIND FAULT IF THEY ARE NOT MET, RATHER THAN QUESTIONING THE EXPECTATIONS, THEMSELVES.

MANY MAY BE MET IN THE COURTING PHASE OF A RELATIONSHIP WHERE PASSION AND THE EXCITEMENT OF NEWNESS IS AN ELIXER.

ROMANITICIZED AND EXAGGERATED IN THE MEDIA.


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