The Best Relationship Advice I’ve Ever Had

Giving advice on relationships is all too easy, but how much of it do we actually listen to?

I think we can all agree that in reality we very rarely follow even the wisest advice from our beloved friends and family. We are all guilty of hearing “Don’t text him back straight away. Leave it for an hour or so to keep him keen” and five minutes later we look at our phones and we’ve somehow sent 12 texts in a row with far too many emojis that just scream desperate.

However, there is some advice that sticks with you for life and can help you out even when your heart is fully ignoring your head.

“Try before you buy.” – Essential shopping for boys. Don’t let a man be a surprise in life or in between the sheets. Some excellent advice from my mum that has stayed with me is that ‘You wouldn’t get a new dress without trying it on for size first, so why would you even think of going into a relationship without doing the same with a man?’

“Boys are like buses, you wait ages for one and then three come along at once.” – Not exactly advice, but LORD is it the truth. It is universally acknowledged that a woman in a relationship becomes at least three times more attractive to the opposite sex than when she was single. Why? Who knows! Maybe it makes people realise that you are girlfriend potential after all.

“Talk to your partner about any insecurities or worries you have.” – Seems incredibly obviously, but I doubt that many of us are completely up front about it and are 100% honest with our partners. It’s important to let them know where you stand and how you feel about things, such as previous relationships, or things you’re concerned or not fully happy with in your current relationship. It make cause some tension at first, but in the long run you’ll feel so much better if you’re open, and then you can have the support you really need.

“It is possible to love more than one person, but it is only possible to be in love with one. Know the difference.” – Love is a very messy concept, but add being in love with multiple people into the mix and that’s a totally different thing. Everything gets complicated. On the When you feels like you might be into two people and it’s getting hard to choose, remember this; pick the one you are truly in love with. The one you want to talk to on your worst days as well as your best, the one you know inside and out better than yourself, the one who might not be easy but is all you really want.

“Never go to bed angry.” – This one here saves so many relationships it should practically be taught to children from birth. Going to bed angry will only spoil the next day and lead to more arguments or just never even resolving the problem. Talking it out with your partner, even if it goes into the early hours of the morning, will leave you both feeling more supported and everyone is more conciliatory at 2am when they want to sleep anyway.

“Date the guy who gets on with your friends.” – If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. The unending wisdom of the Spice Girls rings particularly true here, because if your best friends hate him then how much of a chance has he got? As well as this though, if he’s really the one for you he will want to get on with your mates so they can back him when he inevitably annoys you.

Edited by Nicole Swain

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