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These topics and questions are important things to discuss with your partner. They will help you to establish guidelines, understand each other better, and create the best possible relationship.

 

Dating:

Should every weekend and evening be spent with your girl/boyfriend?
Who decides what to do and where to go on a date?
Should one person always be expected to pay?
If your date always pays for expenses, are you obligated to go along with his or her sexual advances?
How much do you want yourself or your date to use alcohol or drugs?
 
 

Sexual Rights:

Is either person free to say that they do or do not want to go any further sexually?
At what point may a person refuse to have sex?
If both you and your partner agree to have sex, whose responsiblity is it to use birth control and protect against AIDS and other STDs?
 

Other Relationships:

Are you or your boy/girlfriend free to make friendships with other people? If so, how will you deal with jealousy?
Do you include each other in those other relationships?
 

Priorities:

What qualities are most important to you in a boy/girlfriend?
What do you consider the most important ingredients to a successful relationship?
 
If you and your partner could not agree on most of the answers of if your partner was unwilling to compromise, you may want to find a boy/girlfriend who is a better match for you.