The quality and strength of our relationships can be measured like anything else. Here’s our little collection of tests to challenge you and see where you are! If you’re aiming for longevity and deep understanding of yourself and your partner, you should put yourself out there with them to see what your relationship is really made of. Will you pass the test of time?
1. Work together. At the end of the day, you place more value on the legacy of our relationship than on your own ego. Try this one and see where it hurts. It’s an ultimate way to get to know your shadows and train for the full acceptance of your lover.
2. Travel together. Travels can be long and boring. But travels bring discoveries. So here’s my thought of comfort for this particular moment. If you can say to yourself: I would rather die here with my girl in a fucking plane crash than alone on some filthy street getting hit by a car or a lightning strike—that’s a sign of a real connection. At least I’m with her.
3. Live together. This is an obvious one. Dating and seeing each other occasionally can last but living with each other makes you or breaks you. There’s no place for pretending and bullshitting when you share your living space. Only if you’re gonna live like two couch potatoes who do not speak to each other and don’t practice orgasmic sex.