What is your idea of a relationship?

I do think that a lot of people are together because they don't want to be alone, they need someone to complete them. And I totally understand that, I have made this mistake in the past myself as well, but however....
You cannot attract the right person this way, if you don't feel complete yourself, or if you don't even know who you are yourself...How can your partner know if you don't even know?

This way it happens....People change and grow...then realize their partner isn't the 'right' one after all, but they seemed to be at the beginning though.
And don't we all deserve a partner we really have a connection with? Don't we all deserve to be happy with someone who is our friend and lover at the same time?

I'm not talking about 'the perfect relationship' because there is no such thing as perfection, but it can be wonderful to be with a partner who you connect with.

I have been able to be alone for a while now and discovered more about myself first, have been able to get to my core and I'm glad for that because the next relationship I get into....I need to feel a real connection this time, who I can settle down with, get into a relationship with all my heart or....not at all!

The first and most important relationship that you will have, is the one you have with you.
So many have no self-love and self-worth.
So they seek from a place of empty, they have this insane notion, that someone else will fill them. Then soon they move on and on, yet don't get that they are the KEY.
We each have to have us be happy, not one other person can do this.
We each complete us and validate us.
People can add to us, they can't fill us from a place of empty.
Peace and good luck with your life.

Wow, this is interesting. Personally I think it depends upon each individual relationship. I think sometimes people get their wires crossed and a lot of what one wants isn't what the other wants which leads to some not finding their own happiness within themselves. What a person values may differ to another. Sometimes people change; circumstances and values change. I also think the rates of divorce have changed because of the economy. Many couldn't afford to get divorce or go through life alone, many believed that what they were experiencing or how they were living was how it was meant to be and so they stuck at it. Some did it through religion or through believing it was best for children etc. Personally a relationship to me is more than just a status and it includes other relationships such as friendship. There's a line that people know is right from wrong and that should be respected - then again, some have called me "old fashioned" in that sense but this is where communication comes in. If you don't have mutual understanding and respect then there will be struggles and nowadays people will fight for it but see that in the end, life is too short to fight a losing battle.

My ideal relationship is being with a calm person who doesn't yell and honest person who doesn't jerk me around a person who can make me laugh with out jokes an be respectable an person who will support me no matter what a 100 percent

I wanna just be with someone who cares in return I may give my whole world to him. Small things do matter,they pile up to become something huge.