Having faith in relationship (Trust)

Trust.

Now that's obviously a huge word in relationships and I know most of you are gonna think "Of course, you think you're very smart for discovering this?" But a lot of people today need to re-examine their relationships and dig up for the existence of such a term.

Getting jealous of some guy who's too close to your girlfriend and not trusting her not to take things to another level are different things (works with reverse genders). It is a known fact that jealousy fills the hearts of most couples in Malaysia, for stupid reasons such as your girlfriend is talking to her ex-boyfriend, or something.

Yes, being jealous is just an unavoidable feeling. Restricting him/her from talking to their ex or showing how annoyed you are when they do however, just shows the lack of trust in a relationship.

Now obviously the simple philosophy in restricting someone from talking to someone else is just so they don't feel attached to each other anymore. But as a side-effect, your other half in the relationship would obviously feel pressure, like there are things they can and cannot do even where friends are concerned. And to me, it's not something I would suggest you do.

Some of you are thinking now, "Are you stupid? By allowing my gf/bf to be really close with other guys/girls (respectively), they're obviously going to feel something with each other right?"

If you're going to make your partner avoid getting too close to people of the opposite sex, it's not going to help them learn self-control at all because sooner or later, your partner is going to have a good friend of the opposite sex to entertain him/her (in normal ways) while you're busy sometimes. It's an undeniable fact that your other half will mix with people from the opposite sex and there's nothing you can do about it. And it's inevitable that your partner will speak to his/her ex once in awhile and there's nothing you can do about it. So the best thing to do is obviously to let it go.

If you're on the receiving end of this and you go "He/she doesn't care about me, thats why he/she still lets me talk to my ex/get close to a person of the opposite sex" then that's really dumb because all they have shown by doing this for you is the trust they have in you.

I'm not saying I am perfect and having a romantic relationship going on. Everyone does mistake, I did mistake, my partner did mistake, just have to learn forgive/forgiven but don't forget.

All or nothing is easy. But taking something slowly and still being able to control yourself is really something.