RealTalkAJ

I’ll be explaining what it means to be a team player in a relationship.

What does it mean to be a team player in a relationship?

It means you’re communicating effectively.

You’re respecting the boundaries of the partnership.

It’s building and fostering a level of trust that works both ways.

You agree and adjust to any possible compromise that has to be made for continuation.

You’re focused on a win-win relationship.

You leave the door open for a healthy sex life.

There’s an equal effort of management among all parties.

And finally allowing a shared humor that can be experienced by everybody.

Communicating

Communication is imperative in letting the relationship continue.

You’re letting the other party get constant temperature checks.

They need to know what’s going on.

It can be done in many ways.

The point is to get yours across and work towards getting a better understanding of theirs too.

Respecting boundaries

This is where lines get drawn.

If you care about your partnership then you’re gonna be conscious about them.

It’s the same as having an out-of-bounds area in sports.

You’re gonna know when you’re out of line.

Having trust that works both ways

This is yet another important part of partnerships.

An ambitious attitude can’t thrive without trust on both ends.

You won’t take risks and neither will your partner if trust isn’t there.

There’s subtleties that you can exercise and eventually work towards higher stake moments.

If you’re initiating the partnership then you have to be the first person to show it.

Adjusting to agreements and compromises that arise

This is where what I call active communication comes into play.

You’re gonna get to the point where you get brought to an ultimatum.

It’s your decision to honor it or not.

Count this as a non-negotiable.

Honor this one to the fullest and that grows the relationship to new heights.

Win-Win relationship focuses

Win-win relationships should be the goal for every partnership.

Every move that’s done should be to the benefit of the team.

You might venture out and look for new opportunities to bring to the table but look here.

Anything you bring to the table should be edible for everybody sitting at it.

If you keep everybody involved in mind then there won’t be any problems with execution.

Healthy sex life

This may or might not be controversial but a healthy sex life keeps things going.

It’s one of the few universal rewards in life.

This is where shaming should be shunned.

A healthy sex life allows everybody to experience bliss at the level they crave.

It doesn’t have to be inappropriate.

This is happiness no matter what.

Whether it’s temporary or everlasting it keeps sensitivity in mind.

You’re being conscious of what the other person wants and they do the same for you.

Equal management effort

Being equal in management efforts is sharing responsibility.

This seems to be a phase of relationship building that stumps even the greatest of us.

It’s simply understanding what has to be done and working together to make sure it happens.

And in totality it’s accepting accountability in unison.

Shared humor

Humor is a great thing to have.

It makes everybody’s lives easier to experience.

We might all have different types of humor but in a relationship there has to be commonalities.

Start discovering what’s universally agreed to be funny and continue to build on that.

That’s part of growing the partnership and spicing things up for lack of better term.