Are You With the Right Person?

Alecia Kennedy
5 min readApr 7, 2021

7 behaviors that will tell you everything you need to know

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Have many times have you looked across the table into the eyes of the person you were dating, living with, or perhaps had even married and thought to yourself What the hell am I doing with them?

I know I have —and more than once. Actually, more times than I’d like to admit. It’s hard finding someone you like, who is looking for a relationship, who happens to be alive and kicking at the same time in history, and lives close enough to your geographical location to make being together even remotely feasible. In fact, given all those variables, it’s a wonder anyone ever gets together at all.

Given the odds of finding someone we truly like, coupled with the blinding effects of hormones and sexual attraction, it is little wonder that we are reluctant to admit to ourselves when a relationship just isn’t going to work. Sometimes we know the end is coming, and sometimes it feels like a smack in the head out of left field. But honestly, it’s not that hard to know if you are with the right person.

Being with the right person means more than being able to tolerate someone. It means more than not fighting all the time. It means more than sharing hobbies or interests. Being with the right person means that you make each other better humans. Being with the right person…

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