How to Build Trust in a Relationship
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The happiest and most satisfying relationships rest on a foundation of implicit trust. If you want your relationship to be all it can be, both of you must learn how to create this kind of trust.
You can build your relationship and also have to understand what it means to you and your partner. In a relationship, communication matters, expectations and understanding what your partner needs and this helps to build a foundation for long-lasting relationship.
How To Build Trust In A Relationship
*WORK ON YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH
We can be better when we take the time to work on our personal growth. It’s important in any relationship for the people in it to grow as a couple and as individuals. It’s a focus on our personal growth that keeps the relationship solid and the trust in each other growing.
*BE SUPPORTIVE
One person can't do everything on his or her own. So both of them has to be supportive in the relationship. It is even more important to show that support when we are in a stage of building trust. If one person in the relationship doesn’t feel that they can take a risk, make mistakes or try new things without support, the relationship will falter. On the other hand, being supportive in good times and bad opens us up to living our truth knowing someone has our back.
*EARN IT
In a relationship, we don't buy trust but you have to earn it. Don’t assume trust exists and always be working to earn it. Never take trust for granted and make it a priority.
*KEEP YOUR PROMISES
It makes sense that we want to keep promises we make to our partner, but often the little things get overlooked. Make keeping your promises about little things as important as keeping your promises about the big things.
*BE SINCERE ABOUT YOUR REACTIONS.
Not everything we feel in a relationship will be warm and fuzzy. Yet being honest and direct with someone we love doesn’t mean we have to be hurtful or cruel. Sharing life with someone, we are bound to notice some of their negative tendencies and defenses that get in the way of our feelings of closeness and
attraction.
*ACCEPT YOUR PARTNER AS A SEPARATE PERSON .
No matter how connected we may feel to someone else, we will always be two separate people with two sovereign minds.
*MEAN WHAT YOU SAY
Your partner can read your face better than anyone else. If you are lying or trying to hide some true feeling by not quite saying all that is on your mind, he or she will be able to tell. The person might even think you’re cheating. When the person knows he or she can trust whatever comes out of your mouth without hesitation, then you are building an unshakable bond.
*GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
One indicator of trust issues is the tendency to think of the worst case in every possible situation. Just because someone missed your phone call doesn’t mean the person is cheating on you. When you trust your partner, it means you give him or her the benefit of the doubt. Each person deserves a chance to explain her or himself before coming to a conclusion.