03/11/2025
What would you say is the key to maintaining relationships, that ‘magical’ ingredient that keeps a relationship alive and well? ✨
And we are talking here about ALL relationships, not just the socially applauded long term monogamous couple type relationship. We are including multiple partnered people here, and relationships with friends and family. 🫂
One of those important aspects in our opinion is the ability to see the world from the other person’s point of view. 👀
When we allow another person to have their point of view, try to understand it and validate their right to it, the connection between us is respectful and balanced. The great thing is that we don’t even need to agree with another person’s perspective …. but if this person matters to us we can at least make the effort to listen to it. 👂
Now, of course, a perspective that is offensive to ours could be an indicator that this is not a safe relationship for us. It can be a very important boundary and safeguarding move to step away from people whose perspectives are so opposed to ours that we feel harmed or alarmed by them.
But for the more day to day and mundane differences, like one person loving coffee and another loving tea, one loving beach holidays and the other despising sand, one loving the city and the other only feeling happy in a field... In these instances we can allow, validate and respect the other person’s perspective rather than just imposing our own.
What differences do you have between you and a significant other? How do you validate their point of view? 👇
