1. Does your man boost your confidence or does he make your doubt yourself? Are you totally comfortable around him or are you always second guessing everything you do? If you analyze your every move, trying to see into the future, whether he would approve or disapprove of your decision, even the most simple tasks, life may be better without him.
2. Is this relationship 50/50 or is it lopsided? If you receive as much as you give in your relationship, you’re on the right track. But if it’s all about him, his family, his hobbies, his friends, and this is a topic you’ve discussed many times before, there’s not much chance of improvement.
3. Can you be yourself around him? In order to have a close bond with someone, they have to accept and love the real you. If you’re pretending to be someone you’re not, it’s only a matter of time until you either resent him for it or you cave in and become a totally different person. And in the end, it may not even be what he is striving for. He may just be a control freak, in which case you changing your personality will not make any difference.
4. Is this relationship really worth the time and effort it will take to make it work? If there’s the slightest bit of hesitancy in answering this simple question, it’s time to make a change. This question, though, may be hard to answer if the relationship is a fairly new one.
5. Knowing everything about your partner that you do right this moment, if you were to have met him just today, would you want him in your life forever? Don’t just settle for someone.
6. Do you have things in common? Do you have similar hobbies and interests? And you probably shouldn’t put too much importance on that old phrase “opposites attract” if you want to mesh with your lover. And if you are trying to take interest in his hobbies, your relationship probably won’t last if he’s not doing the same for you.
7. Do you talk openly and share your deepest secrets? You had better be able to talk freely and easily if you want a relationship for the ages. If you sit at a restaurant, just the two of you, and there’s mostly silence, there’s probably little hope for a long lasting bond.
If you’re happy with your answers to this short relationship quiz, congratulations, you’ve probably found your man. If not, rather than spend any more time in a doomed relationship, better to put it behind you and move on.
