WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING A RELATIONSHIP.

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  1. NGRIA Bassett profile image59
    NGRIA Bassettposted 14 years ago

    Check your checklist before you take the plunge.

  2. GoldiString profile image60
    GoldiStringposted 14 years ago

    Make sure he/she is not a transgender.

  3. Real Estate Lady profile image60
    Real Estate Ladyposted 14 years ago

    It doesn't really matter because who the person is right now isn't who he or she will turn out to be. We are always on our best behaviour in the beginning.

    Let the relationship settle in. . .give it 8 or 9 months. THAT is the real person. Make your determination then.

  4. Pearldiver profile image66
    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    You can tell Alot from their feet lol

    1. Daniel Carter profile image62
      Daniel Carterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Wait.
      Bunyons? Fungus?

      {snicker}

  5. thranax profile image73
    thranaxposted 14 years ago

    People are so different nowadays anything can work or not work. The most important things to know are these:

    -Law Breaking (personal safety)
    -Past Children (abandonment)
    -Bad Credit Score (financial safety)
    -Past careers (leechers)

    Other then that, they might be the weirdest person on the planet, but that doesn't make them bad!

    ~thranax~

  6. beth811 profile image78
    beth811posted 14 years ago

    You won't know the real person unless you enter into the relationship.

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    sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

    My number one rule for dateing and I shared this with son is,"Never date a woman you can't lick in a fight! Reason being, at some point just being yourself is going to piss her off. You don't want to have to tell your friends she took you out!"

    1. jiberish profile image80
      jiberishposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      This is for you sneak...
      Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
      Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
      William Congreve,

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        sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I can see I'm totally out classed here! I surrender! Jiberish no hitting!

  8. RooBee profile image82
    RooBeeposted 14 years ago

    1. Which James Bond they prefer (it has to be Sean Connery)
    2. How many licks it takes them to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
    3. Whether they will enjoy my many Monty Python references and random singing of Jesus Christ Superstar tunes (they must)

    Gotta have your priorities straight.

    lol

  9. LondonGirl profile image81
    LondonGirlposted 14 years ago

    Or Kipling, "the female of the species is more deadly than the male"

  10. Pearldiver profile image66
    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    AND.... Does she put the seat up when she's finished! yikes

  11. Dominionmaster2 profile image60
    Dominionmaster2posted 14 years ago

    What you need to know before you enter into a relationship is can this person accept you for who you are? Can they let the past stay in the past, and if they can't accept you then what is it they are actually wanting from you?
       My number one rule is. Find out what they are hiding from you, because everyone holds back the jacked up stuff in their lives until they have you on the string. Then Bam they slap you with it later.

  12. rebekahELLE profile image85
    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    make sure you want one wink

    it's o.k. to forget the check list ~~ sometimes they limit you from meeting someone who could have been a great partner!

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    wordscribe41posted 14 years ago

    What you need to know before starting a relationship?  Yourself, VERY WELL.

    1. Pearldiver profile image66
      Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah Right.... That gives YOU an Unfair Advantage! lol

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      mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      and a partner smile

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        wordscribe41posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Depends upon ones mood.  wink

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          mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          that is funny...classic smilesmile

  14. GoldiString profile image60
    GoldiStringposted 14 years ago

    What i need to know before starting a relationship:

    1. Criminal background
    2. Medical condition
    3. Credit history report
    4. Family orientation
    5. Religious background

    --- am i too strict? meticulous?

  15. GoldiString profile image60
    GoldiStringposted 14 years ago

    Oh, i forgot:

    6. How many rounds? and what position preference.
       (If you know what i mean)

    I think that is important too. Haha!

  16. dcrisan profile image60
    dcrisanposted 14 years ago

    That every relationship is going to be like the last. You have to get to know the person, you have to have those arguements to work it out. And have to find some that brings both of you back together again. But relationships are so worth it.

  17. Lady_E profile image63
    Lady_Eposted 14 years ago

    Just go with the flow. One step at a time... You don't need to know everything about a person in one week. smile

  18. emievil profile image67
    emievilposted 14 years ago

    Are YOU ready for it? smile

  19. ScarletRyan1970 profile image61
    ScarletRyan1970posted 14 years ago

    Hello,

    Jesus don't start one.
    Keep your two feet in one sock!

    1. Pearldiver profile image66
      Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol Is that what the Nuns told you? hahaha

      1. ScarletRyan1970 profile image61
        ScarletRyan1970posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Hello,

        It sure was what they told us.
        I went the other way and keep
        my feet in four socks.

        Ah ha ha

  20. Pearldiver profile image66
    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Shssssh................. Lions!! yikes

  21. Daniel Carter profile image62
    Daniel Carterposted 14 years ago

    In a more serious tone, a relationship is much like a mirror. This person is more about you than you care to admit or realize. We project ourselves on to the intimates in our life. Therefore, the yin and yang, the joy and sorrow--all of it.

    They will try you, pull you apart, wound you, heal you, love you and so much more. In order to be prepared for an intimate in your life, know yourself well, as was already mentioned.

  22. lizy625 profile image61
    lizy625posted 14 years ago

    know yourself first, it makes the game play out much better.

  23. Jonathan Janco profile image61
    Jonathan Jancoposted 14 years ago

    If you follow your heart then there is nothing to know . . .

  24. olivertwisted profile image60
    olivertwistedposted 14 years ago

    The other person............you need to know the other person. If you don't invest the time necessary to eliminate all of you key concerns about someone's character, you'll get nothing but disappointment for your trouble.

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    sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

    Make sure you know that they are of the opposite sex.(no offense gay people thats just where I am)

  26. sleeptalker profile image61
    sleeptalkerposted 14 years ago

    First thing is you should know what is having a relationship is all about. Knowing first the purpose is the first thing to do for you to achieve a goal. That's the same having relationships having no purpose or goal will lead you to nothing, wasting money, time etc. worse you may even destroy someone's life.

 
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