can you have a relationship without expectations?
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Loving without expectations means being able to love someone even when they are letting you down. It means loving even when it feels awful. Even when you're crying so hard you can't see straight or say clear sentences. Loving someone without expectations means knowing they aren't perfect, but neither are you.
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If your asking if an intimate relationship would work without physical attraction then my answer would be no. In an intimate relationship both parties typically expect intimacy so if one or the other is not physically attracted to their partner this could have a significant impact on whether or not it will work.
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"While hookups or friends with benefits can turn into true love, both parties typically enter the relationship for sex and the expectations are fairly low," Paik said. ... While this study found that nonromantic sexual relationships can become something special, they can also be risky.
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It is possible to have a fight free relationship... but it's not easy. It means having to give and take, swallow pride, stomp away from ego, and the magic word... TALKING.
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Relationships are not easy. Relationships require us to work hard at creating balance between two individual worlds. They are not meant to be challenging, yet they can be when we feel our needs or desires are not met because it is conflictual with our partner's way of thinking.
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Yes. Lots of people fall in love without being in a relationship with that person first. If they have been interacting with this person on a daily or consistent basis, love may actually sneak up on them without their knowing it. ... This person may actually be your friend.
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Without romance and flirting, it is not really a relationship anymore. It becomes friendship. A friendship can be successful without romance and flirting, but no, a relationship cannot be successful without them both.
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Assumptions are the termites of relationships. “If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance”
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So of course people can technically remain in the relationship when one lacks physical attraction. But if we're talking about a relationship where the two people involved are experiencing fulfillment with their needs and desires being met, then the answer is probably no.
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You're in the right relationship if you can't readily imagine being more happy or satisfied with another person. People in a satisfied and happy romantic relationship know who they are and what they want out of life. ... If you truly know yourself and your own needs, you also likely know what kind of person you most want.
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For this guy, it means he wants all the fun parts of a relationship, without the hard parts. That you're supposed to give him the benefits of a relationship without being in a relationship.
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"While hookups or friends with benefits can turn into true love, both parties typically enter the relationship for sex and the expectations are fairly low," Paik said. "In the casual dating category, some people think they're headed for a long-term relationship, but there are also people who are only in it for sex.
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While long-distance relationships can work, they should only be temporary. ... "In other words, going into a long-distance relationship without a plan means that there is no end in sight. They are already difficult and without an end in sight, patience builds and, again, little things become big things."
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A relationship can definitely exist without romance or flirting but definitely not without trust, respect, understanding, forgiving , patience, love and care according to me.
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Chances are your doubts about your relationship are completely normal. (Even if they do sound familiar, don't despair; it just means that some self-reflection is in order.)
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Marriage is not for everyone— many people lead deeply satisfying lives without ever marrying. However, I do know this: Lifelong love and romance in marriage are possible, and a lifelong string of relatively brief cocaine-rush relationships is not likely to result in satisfaction or positive well-being.
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It means you are treating him in such a way that he doesn't understand what you expect from the relationship…and that you are demanding SOMETHING of him he was not expecting or is unable to do/provide. ... Ask him what he wants/expects from the relationship, then tell him what you want.