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3 Signs You “Settled” into a Good Relationship

These qualities help you build with the right one.

Photo by Annie Wegner | From Canva (Susannah Townsend via baseimage)

When I was younger, I thought about having a sugar daddy.

They were so many shows featuring the wholeness of an older man. The lifestyle women seemed to live looked great as well. It wasn’t until I began watching Lifetime. I realized the highlight reel was incomplete.

You want better. You deserve better.

But “settling” into a relationship? This choice doesn’t always feel like moving into an affordable yet terrible neighborhood. It is beautiful to build with the partner you love.

#1. You’re animated

I know. Partners age down when they meet their person.

Their inner child feels happy, which allows the adult to be super goofy. It is relaxing to exist and have someone accept all sides of you.

Laughter and lightness make your union feel young. The honeymoon period goes on well longer than it should. How? Because you choose to smile or offer olive branches to each other after fights. Then reconnect.

Seriousness is a blocker to emotional release. There is so much pride present a person cannot say what needs mentioning. But your inner child is open and doesn’t have a filter.

It’s freeing to find someone who makes you feel young around them.

#2. It feels natural

The people who settled don’t feel like they have.

I have been in a relationship where the guy is great. But the grass appears greener elsewhere. I didn’t feel satisfied.

You may believe your booed-up friend could have done better.

The odds? Her ex may have been a checklist boyfriend, but the relationship never gave your friend peace. She spent nights wondering if this was it. Your girlfriend racked her brain, thinking; “Do other couples feel stuck?”.

Settling looks bland. Even when they fight all the time, the love and support doesn’t glow dim like a dying light saber. But to your girlfriend, her relationship has never been better.

#3. Progress gets chosen

You won’t always feel enough.

The unpredictability of life may force you to restart your life, career, or health journey. But if you settle into a good relationship, you will think of each other as work-in-progress. Despite the mess, you stick with each other.

And build each other up. Most essential? You don’t see yourself as a fixer. You help and see the beauty of who your partner already is because they are kind, caring, and supportive.

I noticed it online many times.

Creators will share their partners online. The next post? It is a sit-down chat video, or a long captioned post. Why? People only praise the other half’s beauty. Beauty = luck in the comments.

We then get reminded loving someone means holding them up during hard times. A pretty face it’s as reassuring as someone saying, “We’ll get through this together.”.

Thank you for reading this post.

Hey, I am Annie, a relationship and side hustle writer. For just $5/month or $50/year, you can unlock articles to help you achieve your income and love goals. This membership fee will support your dreams. Unlock the content with this link.