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Make time for that person, but don’t neglect the other people in your life. It’s so important to have a good balance in your life. You have all heard it before, a friend gets in a new relationship and they vanish from your life. It's important to have and keep people in your life close to you despite being in a new relationship.
Meet each other’s friends. You can see a lot about a person through their friends. How they interact with them and who they choose to spend their time with. It is also nice to get your friends approval and have their friend’s approval. Friends mean a lot to us and when our new beau gets along with everyone that just makes everything even better.
There should be discussions about meeting family, introducing children etc. It doesn’t need to happen very early into the relationship but there should be discussion for the future.
Go on a weekend away. You can also find out a lot about someone when you’re with them 24/7. Do they snore, are they messy, or super clean. Sometimes there are stressors
on trips, something doesn’t go right, and you can see how they react.
Communication is very important. No one can read your mind, so let them know what you need and want from them. It’s much easier to communicate then stew on something without letting it out, and we all know it will come out eventually, usually in an unhealthy way.
Trying to incorporate these things in your new relationship could equate to a much more favorable outcome for you and your partner down the road.