A Relationship is Healthy When
You trust your partner.
You treat each other the way you want to be treated, and accept each other’s opinions and interests.
You each feel physically safe in the relationship.
Your partner likes your friends and encourages you to spend time with them and wants to include them in their life as well as yours.
You and your partner make important decisions together.
Your partner understands when you spend time away from them.
You don’t feel responsible for protecting your partner’s reputation or for covering for their mistakes.
Your partner encourages you to enjoy different activities (like joining the volleyball team or football team, running for student government, or being in a play) and helps you reach your goals.
Your partner likes you for who you are - not just for what you look like.
You are not afraid to say what you think and why you think that way. You like to hear how your partner thinks, and don’t always have to agree.
You have both a friendship and a physical attraction.
You don’t have to be with your partner 24/7.
Your partner doesn’t force sexual activity or insist that you do something that makes you uncomfortable.
What are your rights in a relationship?
To express your opinions and have them be respected.
To have your needs be as important as your partner’s needs.
To grow as an individual in your own way.
To change your mind.
To not take responsibility for your partner’s behavior.
To not be physically, emotionally, verbally or sexually abused.
To break up with or fall out of love with someone and not be threatened.
To be intimate in a way that makes you both comfortable and happy.