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\"Important<\/p>\n

Love is a journey, literally. Everyone goes through a natural progression of relationship steps during their time with their partner, and it isn’t always a walk in the park. <\/span><\/p>\n

From puppy love to that seemingly endless phase where you never want to leave the bedroom, down to that moment when you realize her adorable habit is actually kind of annoying, here are the most common relationship steps taken by committed couples.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Infatuation<\/span><\/h2>\n

This is the stage in the relationship where you likely find yourself cooing such phrases to friends and family as: “She’s the one!” or “He is perfect!” In the puppy love stage, all logic goes right out the window.<\/span><\/p>\n

Puppy love is usually considered to be intense but shallow in nature.<\/strong> Call it what you like, this is the stage of the relationship which gives you butterflies. Every touch is like a spark of lightning, and every text makes you giggle. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your mate can do no wrong. They never annoy you, and you will do whatever it takes to get them to think you are equally as amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the common relationship steps, infatuation is also marked with extreme lus<\/a>t. You just want your mate and your happy relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything about them is sexy, cute, and desirable. In every way, you can’t get enough. In most of the cases, this magic pull lasts anywhere from three months to a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Growing closer<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Growing<\/p>\n

This stage is still part of the puppy love realm. It’s exciting to get to know about your new partner. <\/span><\/p>\n

You spend hours talking about things that would never seem important to anyone else.<\/strong> Your families, past relationships, deep secrets, favorite foods, and future goals are all subjects up for discussion during this relationship step.<\/span><\/p>\n

During this stage, you’ve left your private party of two and have decided to take your relationship out into the world. <\/span><\/p>\n

You’re getting to know each other’s friends, families, and are planning trips and adventures together. You are happy and comfortable around your partner to spend a day in your pajamas and burp without being mortified.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The end of puppy love<\/span><\/h2>\n

During this stage, you may find that your significant other isn’t as flawless as you had once thought. Those little things that you once found cute or quirky are suddenly seeming annoying and odd. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the infatuation stage, any fight –no matter how small– seemed like the end of the world. Perhaps, you didn’t even fight at all! <\/span><\/p>\n

But now that puppy love has come to an end, you may find you are sniping at one another more and more as time goes on.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>What you really think<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now that you have gone through infatuation and lust and have settled into a comfortable, realistic love, you begin to form your real opinion about your partner. Could you have a long-term future together? <\/span><\/p>\n

Do your goals match? Do you have more good times than bad? <\/span><\/p>\n

You have done a mental checklist of the pros and cons of your relationship. This is usually where you either break up or start making plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Building your lives together<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Building<\/p>\n

Now that your partner has passed your emotional evaluation, one of the next relationship steps is to start building your lives together. <\/span><\/p>\n

You choose jobs that will help support you as a couple, and you might buy a puppy together, you may move in, or start talking about your mutual plans for the future. You are delighted, and you both are convinced that you have met your perfect match.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let the wedding bells ring!<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the more prominent relationship steps occurs in this stage: engagement and marriage. <\/span>Now, how to make a marriage work, depends on the two of you.<\/p>\n

You will find no book with specific rules for a happy marriage or pre-determined keys to a successful relationship.<\/p>\n

So for a good marriage, you may have your own marriage rules. It is the two of you, who has to decide whether to have children, where to buy a house, and things alike. <\/span><\/p>\n

You have to build your own keys to a successful marriage<\/a>. After all, a perfect marriage is a myth, but a successful marriage is a reality!<\/p>\n

It would be helpful to remember these words of wisdom for marriage. But, are you still wondering, how to make marriage better?<\/p>\n

Watch this video for some essential marriage advice on how to find happiness in your marriage.<\/p>\n