As we grow older, we tend to desire a stable, healthy and mature relationship but how do we know if what we have is a mature relationship?
Here are 12 signs you are in a mature relationship
1. Couples in a mature relationship completely trust each other. If you have no doubts about your partner compromising the relationship and your partner feels the same way too, then you are in a mature relationship.
2. You are in a mature relationship if you and your partner only have eyes for each other. You both have no desires to be with anyone else.
3. Couples who constantly argue and fight over everything can’t claim to be in a mature relationship. Couples in mature relationship argue very little.
4. Couples in mature relationships usually have productive arguments. They argue respectfully with an open mind and the end result of the argument is usually something productive.
5. When you are in a mature relationship, you know deep down inside of you that you’re with the right person and you’re doing the right thing.
6. Couples in mature relationships talk about anything with each other. They don’t hold things that are bothering them but freely express how they feel with their partner.
7. Couples in mature relationships respect their partner’s values, feelings, career, goals, character and outlook on life. If you completely respect your partner in every possible way, then you are in a mature relationship.
8. Couples in mature relationships don’t just claim to love their partner by verbally expressing it, they express their love in their day-to-day actions.
9. You know you are in a mature relationship if your relationship doesn’t leave you feeling like your needs aren’t met. When you are in a mature relationship, there are no empty spaces or tiny cracks.
10. You know you are in a mature relationship if you and your partner accept each other’s past and look beyond each other’s flaws.
11. Couples in mature relationships don’t break up every second and get back together the next second. A mature relationship has stability and couples in mature relationship stick together even when it gets tough.
12. Couples in mature relationship understand the importance of having space in a relationship. If you don’t feel the need to constantly call or text partner every second of the day and you don’t get pissed if your partner takes time to respond sometimes, then you are in a mature relationship.
Phil