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with each other openly and calmly about
problems and concerns Keep
life balanced
Be yourself
Respectful
of yours and other person’s
feelings
Trust each
other and aren’t jealous
Respect each
other’s privacy for phone calls,
text messages, e-mails, etc.
Respect each
other’s decision and boundaries
concerning sexual activity
Support each
other in their goals
Enjoy the relationship
as a whole, more ups then downs
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Ignore
the problems, don’t listen to
each other
Calls
and/or text messages a lot, spend
many hours together, forget to spend
time with friends and family
Feel you need
to change for the other person to
make them happier and have a better
relationship
Don’t
consider what the other person wants
or needs
Suspicious
of the other person without reason.
Lie to the other person or makes excuses.
Gets jealous
for no reason
Doesn’t
completely trust whom the other person
talks with on the phone, computer,
etc. You
don’t have any privacy, have
to share everything with other person
Questions the
other person on their decision concerning
sexual activity
More concerned
about their own goals and not goals
of the other person
You wish there
were something that you or the other
person would change to make the relationship
better or stronger
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Yell,
swear, screaming, threatening, or uses
insults
Intentionally
limits the amount of contact with
other people, friends, and family.
Isolates the partner; partner controls
where the other goes, who he or she
talks to, etc.
Pressures other
person to change their clothing style,
opinions, or ideas to meet their own
likes and dislikes
Intentionally
disregards the safety and feelings
of the other person. Criticizes and
humiliates themselves or other person,
destroys their own self-esteem or
self-esteem of other person
Suspects and
accuses the other person of something
with no reason.
Gets overly
jealous and is often accompanied with
another forms of abuse (verbal, emotional,
physical, social, and/or sexual)
Checks the
other person’s phone, text messages,
e-mail, etc. without any permission
Forces, coerces,
or manipulates the other person to
be more sexually active than they
feel comfortableIntentionally keep
the other person from doing things
they want to do and discourages them
from reaching their goals
Feel trapped
and stifled.
There is very
little happiness with a lot of stress
and sadness
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