4. Create trust. Trust is an essential component in a healthy, long-lasting relationship. Learn to trust your significant other and show that you trust him or her with your words and actions.
Make sure that
you show your significant other that you are trustworthy as well. If your significant other tells you a
secret, keep it. If you find out something that embarrasses him
or her, don’t bring it up or tease him or her about it. Share your secrets with your significant other and reveal parts
of yourself that no one else sees. Allow yourself to be vulnerable with your significant other and let him or her comfort you.
5. Support your significant other during difficult times. Offering support is very important to creating true love between two people. Most people want to be in
relationships to begin with because they like having someone to support them.
If you can be supportive and caring to your
significant other, this will go a long way towards getting the person to fall in love with you. Sometimes you can support someone by offering to just listen and provide physical comfort. But other times, you may need to do something more. For example, if your significant other is
struggling in school, you may need to help him or her study.
Method Four of Six: Loving Your Significant Other1. Respect your significant other. Respect is important in a loving relationship. Always give your significant other a chance to speak and have an opinion, and when he or she talks, make sure that you listen.
Respecting your significant other also means never giving him or her a reason to think that you"re unfaithful. It"s fun to flirt with other people, but if they see you flirting with everyone who walks down the street then they"re never going to want to commit to you.
2. Be a good friend. You should give your significant other the same
consideration you would give a good friend. This means that you should always be there for them
and be unselfish in your actions.
But be a good friend to your significant other because you want him or her to be happy, not because you want something from them.
3. Remember that you are two separate people. No one wants to feel trapped in a relationship. This is why many people keep themselves from getting too serious. If you give your significant other the freedom to do the things
he or she loves, you will go far in making the person feel comfortable with the idea of loving you.
Respect your significant other’s independence; don’t try to
change them and certainly
don’t invade their privacy. They are allowed to have secrets and things that are just theirs.
4. Embrace your significant other just as he or she is. Celebrate the
good things about your significant other and try to accept the things that annoy you.
Don’t try to get your significant other to change for you.
For example, don’t force your significant other to change his or her diet or personal
style. If you make suggestions along these lines and he or she says “no”, respect that and don’t bring it up again.
5. Honor your significant other’s need for alone time and personal space. Alone time and personal space are important for both of you, so don’t try to make your significant other give up his or her personal time to spend more time with you.
Be respectful of your
significant other’s personal
space as well and don’t try
to rearrange your significant other’s room or go through his or her things.
Do things on your own or with your friends a couple of times each week. Don’t force your significant other to spend every waking every waking moment with you or
he or she may feel suffocated.