Top Things to Avoid Doing During Your Relationship

1. Never compare your partner to others.

2. Never try to dominate one another.

3. Avoid bringing up negative times from the past.

4. Avoid making yourself "too available" to certain people.

5. Never neglect your friends.

6. Don't try to change the other person.

#Relationship101 #relationshipgoals #love #letschat

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don't argue infron of ppl so that way your business is yours n your partners notnthe whole damn complex or town.

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I would like to change myself

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