5 Non-Negotiables Every Relationship Needs From The Start

These should be deal-breakers before there’s even a deal.

Erin King
ILLUMINATION
Published in
9 min readJan 11, 2021

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Whether you’re in a long term relationship or casually dating, both people should be able to expect certain things.

These requirements are your first line of defense, keeping you from putting up with what you shouldn’t, and investing in someone you won’t be happy with.

If you expect and give these, they’ll lead you to love eventually.

There’s no doubt you’ll have to go through the dating process, but if you use these requirements as benchmarks you’ll lay a good foundation for when you do meet someone who clicks.

I used these guidelines to screen for certain qualities in potential partners while I was dating. They were my yardstick, my measure, for everyone I met, and they kept me on track and kept my standards high until I met my husband.

My husband fulfilled every one of these requirements and was also sexy as hell to me and that was the ticket — to have that combination.

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Erin King
ILLUMINATION

Writer, musician, toddler wrangler. Author: “How To Be Wise AF”, a 30-day prompted journal-find out more on Amazon. Contact me at howtobewiseaf@gmail.com