As to the physical aspects of couples there really is no set "perfect" b/c everyone is different. Age means nothing (i'm two years older than my boyfriend and trust me we get the whole "o wow! that's different" but really it's got nothing to do with age b/c we are a perfectly healthy relationship and we've seen relationships that are closer in age and i guess more "accepted" (like guy bing older and all that) fall through) Even personality wise, as long as your personalities don't constantly clash and you hate each other then there really isn't any thing there that is set as "perfect".
But mental attitudes are very important.
Equality, or respect, trust, and support.
You have to love the person eventually (even if you're not sure at the beginning, if you don't love them you're not in a relationship that's good for you, b/c the feelings aren't equal)
You have to both want the same things out of a relationship. You have to both understand each other's quirks.
You have to be willing to talk about sketchy subjects and things that you might disagree on but understaind that you have to respect their opinion.
You have to respect their religious views and their feelings about sexual things and touching. If they're not willing don't push it. If you love them enough you'll wait until they're ready.
You HAVE to communicate. There are so many couples who don't do this and it's such an essential thing b/c if people would just talk things through calmly and without mistrust, you could solve so many potential problems.
You have to be understanding, if someone doens't call, or says they can't make it to a date, you can't get all suspsicious right away (if they keep doing it you can but usually they'll be missing most of the aforementioned stuff).
You have to know when to be silly and when to be serious.
You have to be willing to balance emotional stuff between the two of you so that you're both telling and listenign to problems equally and not always dumping on him and he's not always dumping on you.
The biggest thing to a relationship, is Trust. If you don't trust the person you're dating, why are you dating them? Trust is huge. If you don't have that, you're wasting your time.
It's not so much the stuff you can't change (like physical, personality and age) but the things you can that can make for a great relationship. Trust is so incredibly important you gotta have it.
2007-08-07 03:12:30
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answered by Anonymous
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True love transcends anything to do with physical factors. The love is there regardless of the containers.
- Friendship
- Excellent communication
- Mutual Respect
- Fair conflict resolution
- Forgiveness
- Kindness
- Caring
- Making the relationship a top priority
- Responsibility
- Trust
- Devotion
- Reliability
- Affection
The list can go on and on and the balance of each component is different for every relationship. We are each an accumulation of our experiences in life and everyone brings something different to the table. It really is extraordinary how love is the ingredient that makes everything fit. It's like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle - frustrating at times, but well worth the effort when you see the whole picture come together. :)
2007-08-07 10:17:39
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answered by Pamala 2
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99 % of characteristics of people in relationships is mental, and being in that catagory , is indevidualistic. What's best for one couple is not for another. One can't generalize.What commonallity would there be found in one couple having an age difference of 30 some years and onother of 2 years? Both have been together for at least 10 years?
2007-08-07 10:14:18
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answered by reinformer 6
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the best couple to me is one that is very social and active. religious, edcuated, pleasant progressive people, family oriented, as far a s personalities go.
physical. ohbviuosly attractive. people in general are more successful in life when they are attractive.
what;'s cnsidered attractive differs from culture to culture and person to person.
I like long hair on a woman, thin w/ soft curves, pretty face and attitude. i think more soft spoken less agressive women. i think size 5 - 10 5'6-5'10
with nice teetha nd a complextion is flawless- not dressed elegant not tight slutty clothes or too revealing. with not too much makeup.
for men- good teeth, hair that is full and clean cut, good facial features, humor, entetaining, good conversationalist, height 5'10-6'4 weight 175- whatever is not overweight for tall men.
I hate when men don't have a booty or are too thin. dressed fashionably and look clean.
the ideal couple looks alike in style and physical features. maybe weight 30-50 pounds different and heigth 4 or 5 inches different.
studies show couples that look alike physically have a hppier relationship- they don't know why as of yet.
2007-08-07 10:07:45
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answered by girl 3
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Hmm characteristics of "best couples"
how about caring, considerate, resilient, able to respond to each other, family, co workers(in other words the world around them)
2007-08-07 10:01:05
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answered by Tivogal 6
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There are no "best couples". All there is is love. Trust. Everything.
2007-08-07 09:59:48
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answered by Anonymous
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They have that look in thier eyes when they are together ...that desire ...that they desire.... Its so thick you can't cut it with a knife.
2007-08-07 10:00:59
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answered by lilly l 6
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There is no such thing.
2007-08-07 09:59:27
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answered by pradavee 4
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