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Blueprint for your ideal relationship

Filed under: Relationships — Affie Adagio at 11:42 pm on Wednesday, January 3, 2007

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Tourists checking a map, photo by Jorc Navarro, Barcelona, Spain, planning relationshipsBlueprints are commonly used for important productions, everything from buildings to machinery to gardens and so on. Otherwise known as plans and/or designs, it’s not unusual for people to expect this for successful outcomes. It is easy to have a fulfilling relationship if you are both willing to make a blueprint for your ideal relationship. It means planning at the beginning of the relationship what you want and what you don’t want in your life together. Then making an agreement to go to any lengths to resolve conflict early before it contaminates everything and to nurture your loving relationship. Maintenance is what we do to keep a beautiful garden, or home or car and it’s also what we need to do for our relationships.

they met through a mutual friend and
their relationship strengthened day by day
when he proposed she was not surprised
although they seemed in agreement about
the type of lifestyle they valued
they worked out what was
acceptable and what wasn’t
and how to sort out conflict
a blueprint for their ideal relationship
and it’s paid off because they’ve
had a healthy balance in their relationship
of being friends and lovers
and this has lasted many years
through the ups and downs of life

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3 Comments »

Comment by Relationships-Know-it-All, Maranda

April 11, 2007 @ 7:06 am

Is it the same as “positive thinking” approach? Oh, let me tell you - it DOES NOT work!

Comment by Affie

April 13, 2007 @ 10:30 pm

Hi Maranda, Making a blueprint for your ideal relationship is a practical exercise which involves both people planning how they will relate. Some government funded services have relationship enhancement exercises which aim at improved relationships. I am writing another post regarding this now.

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