Three stages of a relationship

1. The Butterfly Stage: This is when your admiration for this person sky rockets. You only see the good, even their flaws seems like no big deal to you. It’s the “love is blind” stage..

2) The Knowledge Stage: This is when the butterflies have died and turned to worms, it’s the rude shock stage, the “I never knew you could do this” stage… This is when all about the person, the little details that matter come to the fore. You now see Dracula in this person.

3) The Understanding Stage; At this stage you weigh everything, the good, the bad and the ugly and make your decision. You can now decide if you want to be with this person or not, based on the facts before you. This stage takes time and time doesn’t mean 80 years…

Remember, time doesn’t change anything, it reveals what changed. At this stage it’s safer to make your decision… However, whether you started a relationship with butterfly or not,

What will determine the success of your relationship are Commitment, contentment and communication. Attraction may start off a RELATIONSHIP; Purpose sustains it and Value progresses it.

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