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If you want to know if your relationship is meant to last, experts say these are the tests your partner should be able to pass. The Money Test. Ashley Batz/Bustle. ... The Desirability Test. Ashley Batz/Bustle. ... The Loyalty Test. Andrew Zaeh for Bustle. ... The Family Test. ... The "In Sickness" Test. ... The Self Test. ... The Communication Test.
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Read More »5 The "In Sickness" Test Andrew Zaeh for Bustle If you're sick or injured, someone who likes you but doesn't love you might send you a "Hope you feel better!" text, go quiet for a bit, and then pop up again when you're back in good health. "They don’t want to deal with the 'for worse' part ...," Masini says. But if your partner shows up with cool compresses, aspirin, chicken soup and love — they've passed a pretty important test. "Being with someone who’s sick, over the course of a week or more, is really a relationship hurdle," she says. "I’m not saying you should hang out with people who have chicken pox to infect yourself and test your partner, but next time you get a stomach virus or a bad cold or flu, see how your partner measures up!" 6 The Self Test Ashley Batz/Bustle A happy long-term relationship starts with you as an individual. It's difficult to fully open yourself up to a healthy dynamic if there are things that are holding you back. When this happens, Dr. Borg says, you're more likely to end up in an "irrelationship," where people "create and maintain a way of being that protects them both from love's dangers." Meaning, you'll keep yourself at a safe distance in order to not get hurt. So this self test is a test both you and your partner should be able to pass if you want a healthy relationship. Ask yourself, are you drawn to people you need to "fix"? Do you keep doing things for your partner only to get very little back in return? If so, you may need to figure out why. "Unfortunately, these irrelationships limit our experience to that which we believe is expected and necessary to keep the other from rejecting us," he says. "We forfeit a full and fully satisfying relationship."
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