Fete Lifestyle Magazine September 2016 Family Issue | Page 47

Do your family relationships impact your romantic relationships? Do you know what your “baggage” is? What does this mean? Well, we have all been raised by people with flaws. No matter how great

your family members

are, patterns have been

established around communication, ways

to get individual needs

met and how to deal

with emotions.

Sometimes we are

aware of these patterns

and sometimes they play out without our awareness. Here are a few tips to make sure that you are in control of your responses in your love life and NOT playing out some old pattern.