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    Oct 14, 2013, 02:24 PM
    How can you know if you're meant to be with someone?
    Is it possible to know? Just wondering..
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    Oct 14, 2013, 02:29 PM
    No such thing. Sorry to burst your bubble. Hopefully this will be a relief.

    Relationships can start with eyes locking across a crowded room, but after the romance period is over, love is all work.

    (Just remembered - you are still a teen. Just have fun and don't worry yet about 'meant to be,' a saying which unfortunately is the downfall of many relationships.)
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    Oct 14, 2013, 02:35 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by joypulv View Post
    No such thing. Sorry to burst your bubble. Hopefully this will be a relief.

    Relationships can start with eyes locking across a crowded room, but after the romance period is over, love is all work.

    (Just remembered - you are still a teen. Just have fun and don't worry yet about 'meant to be,' a saying which unfortunately is the downfall of many relationships.)
    Are you married?
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    Oct 14, 2013, 02:36 PM
    Never question it . Just look at it this way , people are always trying to figure out a relationship and its clearly simple. Don't over think it just enjoy everyday - one day at a time. Don't waste time worried if its going to work or not, let that come with time. If you are happy and the other is happy than enjoy the ride but also be patient and understanding with each other. Im sure by the way you asked that question it because of past relationships but never let those get in the way.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 03:04 PM
    I've been through various intimate relationships from teen romance all the way to marriage for most of the last 66 years.
    Some people are very, very good with each other and for each other. There is just no 'meant for each other.' That is a crutch. Oh - and it's often one sided. One of the two people usually doesn't quite feel it as intensely as the other, or loses the idea sooner.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 03:52 PM
    It's easier to tell you what the signs are of a disastrous relationship. If you can't trust his intentions and feelings and are constantly testing him, bad sign. If you feel self conscious or like you aren't good enough for him, bad sign. If you need his approval, sneak around, blow off responsibilities or friends or fAmily for him, bad sign. If you are doing what you should, living a balanced life, don't need to check in with him all the time, are honest about the relationship with other people and are just having fun without trying to be in an all consuming relationship, that's probably a good one. As a teenager, you should have time for friends, family, schoolwork, work or activities and so on without him, and see him when you can around those things. It should be light and fun.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 04:08 PM
    How can you know if you're meant to be with someone?
    You don't know, you have to take your chances.
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    Oct 14, 2013, 06:44 PM
    I don't think you would know that you were meant to be together, right off the bat. After a very long time of a loving relationship (I've been married 37 years), it is impossible to think that we weren't meant to be together.

    Maybe when you find that special someone, and enough time passes that you couldn't possibly imagine your life without them in it, you will be know then.
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    Oct 15, 2013, 03:26 AM
    People have to work on a relationship, they have to make a hard effort, any, and I mean any relationship will fail, if both people do not make a large and hard effort, all of the time.

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