10 Ways to Gain Deep Respect from Your Romantic Partner

Building respect is a crucial part of the dating process that not many people talk about.

A healthy, happy relationship can’t exist without trust and respect.

While trust is the firm belief in your partner’s reliability, truth, or ability, respect is showing consideration for their feelings, thoughts, and wishes as well as having a deep admiration for who they are and what they do.

By definition, there are two types of respect.

The first type is the one you’re expected to (or should) give everyone solely on the basis that they’re a human being just like you — the consideration for their feelings, thoughts, and wishes.

The second type is the one that, in my opinion, you have to earn from others and only give to others after it’s has been earned — the deep admiration for who they are and what they do.

Why is respect important?

A healthy, happy relationship needs both types of respect to maintain and thrive — especially the latter.

Without respect, a person will disregard your feelings, thoughts, or wishes when taking an action. They might nitpick you, talk over you…