We all need to love and to be loved. Most of us want the com-
fort of a relationship and the closeness of companionship that
such a relationship brings. We aren’t islands, and we do need
to share together with someone very dear and close to us. ’Tis
human nature. We wouldn’t be the fantastic people we are
without that need to give and to be given to.
But, and this is a big but (does my but look big in this?),
human relationships being what they are, this is an enormous
area in which to make mistakes, fall flat on our face, and gen-
erally make a dog’s dinner out of the whole business. We need
Rules here like they are going out of style. We need all the
guidance we can get. Right, that’s enough about me.
But seriously, we do all need help, and sometimes it pays to
come at the subject from a slightly different angle. What fol-
lows are some unusual Rules to get you thinking about your
relationship from a new perspective.
None of this is revolutionary, but these are the Rules I’ve
noticed those who have successful, productive, sustaining,
long-lasting, and nurturing relationships have about them.
They are also the ones having exciting, stimulating, extremely
close, and powerful relationships.