I’ve learned I still have mistakes to make even after I learned great lessons from old ones. Here are my favorites though:
* Speak an insult one time too many and your partner will believe it, hurt they may have previously forgiven or excused will turn to anger and bitterness. At that point you’ve just killed romance leaving only love for the past.
* Ask for what you want from a partner instead of seething for what they don’t do. If you speak it and they still don’t step up then go ahead and seeth while you let go.
* Don’t assume because your partner loves you that you can go all out in venting, fighting, confessing, etc. Some things said or shared can’t contribute to the relationship, they might not have anything to do with the present partner but now that person has to carry the words, your voice, the images of your deeds in their head.