Relationship 101 for the mental pt.1
I am not claiming to be an expert at relationships, if anything, I am far from it. Here are some of the things I've learnt in my current relationship. A little back story here; My other half and myself have known each other for a very long time, friends for 9 years to be precise. We have been close on and off throughout these years and I have always thought he was a wonderful person. Relatively fresh into a relationship we had to up and move to an entirely new city and live together - Scary huh!? And this did not come without it's faults. Getting to know a friend as a partner in a new surrounding is NO easy feat but here are some of the things I've learnt in the past year and a half. A) Expectation leads to disappointment I am no stranger for finding fault in relationships on the whole and I'm never that far away from feeling unhappy about something or other. Then not that long ago, I thought to myself, am I expecting just my boyfriend to make me happy? You cant r...