RELATIONSHIP TIPS

HAVING A CORDIAL AND MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP

Everyone desires to have a meaningful relationship, either with your family member or a friend. It is wise to know that no two persons are ever the same, thus the need the to be fully acquainted and make room available for offences and forgiveness.

Many wonder how possible it is to have a roommate, housemate or anyone living together in the same house without having clashes; some would it’s amost impossible. However, with the help of God and one’s willingness to contribute meaningfully, there is high likelihood thathaving a roommate will be anamazing experience.

Are you contemplating on having a roommate or do you already have one? You might want to consider these tips as useful in maintaining a cordial and mutual relationship.

1. Know who you are and be willing to know your roommate as well
2. Acknowledge that you are different from your partner and be willing to come to a common ground of understanding
3. Have a large heart, give room for offense and be ready to forgive
4. Share and explore beliefs together
5. Create time to do things together; pray together, study together, read together, play together, and if time and chance permits, eat together. This helps to create a fondness for and bond with your roommate; who knows, such may turn out to be your best friend.

Do you have a roommate or a friend with whom you have/had a clash, and you’ve not be able to resolve? I’d encourage you to

1. Pray about it; there’s no matter too small or too big for the Lord to handle; and because He loves you, He’s concerned about your relationship(s) as well
2. Discuss the matter amicably with whosoever is involved; don’t hide it under the carpet, because sooner or later, it will yet resurface.
3. Depending in the gravity of the matter, you may consider relating it with a third party, mutually exclusive to you both; either of your age range or above
4. Be ready to apologize, either or not you are at fault. In a relationship of any kind, you and your partner as the case may be are expected to be one. So there’s no competition for who is right or wrong; you are either both right or both wrong.
5. Be ready to forgive as easily as possible, and once an issue is settled, let it remain settled. Don’t raise forgotten matters, or a reminder of past wrongs; it’s not a trademark of love.
6. Love your roommate as much as you love yourself
7. If you’re finding it hard to forgive, it is wise to pray and seek help from trusted quarters.