How to be a good partner

How to be a good partner in a relationship, am not talking about marriage here, cos I heard its a different ball game...lol. Often I have heard and read articles on how to be a good partner. People often say to be a good partner you have to be caring, honest, humble, forgiving and respectful. Also i have read that to be a good partner you must love yourself first, understand the needs of your partner, be a good listener, learn how to communicate with your partner especially in your tone and choice of word. And finally understanding the true meaning of sacrifice and selflessness. Am not going to go into all this because I believe when building any structure, in other to build a strong, reliable and long standing structure you must first build a strong foundation.

Everything above on how to be a good partner, I completely agree with but that is just the structure, what about the foundation. Being a good partner first of all depends on how you FEEL about the person. How he feels about you is important, how she feels about you is important. Human beings are often at their best with people they have strong feelings for. We don’t treat all our friends the same way because the truth is we feel different about all of them. No two relationships are the same, because we feel different every time we are with a different person. Human beings have values, something they believe in, something they can do or cannot do. We often let go of the things we believe in and this happens because of how we feel. Am not going to use the word Love because it means different things to different people. But if you do understand it feel free to substitute it with feelings. There's really no formular on how to be a good partner