Bringing The Right Stuff Into A Relationship
April 1st, 2010Bringing the right stuff into a relationship will be important 100% of the time, and though just about every relationship brings stuff to it, whether it’s physical or more intangible, just about every marriage professional says that it’s important for both in the relationship to decide what stuff eventually enters it. This is as true for furniture as it is for children.
For the guys, what this means is that one shouldn’t continue to think that one can just go out and buy that new 17 foot powerboat without consulting about the finances with the significant other in the relationship. The relationship road is strewn with the figurative dead bodies of men who have made such an unwise decision as buying a new boat without checking with the wife first, sad to say.
Another good example is when a man has had a pretty interesting life prior to entering into a long-term relationship. He may have been a hot guitarist in one of the better local bands. He may, in fact, really want that brand-new and very expensive left handed electric guitar (he’s a southpaw, after all) but if he’s going to go out and get it without consulting with his significant other first, he’s really making a big mistake.
This is why relationships seem to work best when two people can discuss all of the things that they’d like to accumulate. Another good example is deciding on interior decor and appointments. For the kitchen, it may be that the old oven is still extremely serviceable but a new GE oven is extremely desirable. However, figuring out the difference between wants and needs will be more important than ever before buying one.
It’s when babies start entering into a relationship that things can get really complicated. In fact, there are so many ways to get things wrong when babies are involved that it’s easier to try to list the things that one can get right. Men should never even think about going out and buying expensive baby items such as a Graco stroller without first consulting with the mother of the baby ahead of time. She may not like that particular stroller, as a matter of fact.
One immutable truth about relationships is that each and every one of them will take work and effort. In fact, learning that a relationship takes work and effort also requires work and effort. In other words, it means we all have a great deal of information to learn about why relationships founded purely upon physical stuff never seem to work as well as those founded upon intangible things.
Bringing the right stuff into a relationship works on two levels; on one level one has to realize that all of the physical items in the world can never make up for a lack of meaning within a relationship. In this regard, the right stuff to bring into a relationship is more intangible and based off of other issues like respect and mutual admiration, so never forget that as you enter into one.