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.