How to Know If You Are Ready For a Serious Relationship

Are you someone, married, or in committed relationships?

Are you tired of being the odd one out, tired of being alone? 

Do you think that you are missing out on something, do you think that there is more to life than what you have?

 Are you ready to dive into the first chance of a relationship that you get, or will you look for the right person? 

Do you know if you are ready for a serious relationship?

When you go into a relationship you have to give up a lot. 

When you are single, you can pretty much do what you want. When you are single, all of your decisions revolve around what is best for you. 

Are you ready to give all of that up?

Do you have you own life, your own friends, your own hobbies and interests. 

The chances are that you do, which is great, because it makes you a more interesting person. 

How will you manage this life when you are in a relationship? Is your life so busy that you will struggle to find time for a relationship?

Are you ready to compromise on what you do so that you can spend time with your partner. 

No-one can expect you to give up your friends and interests, but if you are ready for a serious relationship then they have to take second place to your partner.

Are you ready to commit, and forsaking all others?

It's a massive step committing to one person, building a relationship into which you pour your energy. 

How do you view commitment, does it scare you? You know if you are ready for a serious relationship if you can understand the happiness and fulfilment to be found in a committed, intimate relationship.

Do you have realistic expectations of your serious relationship, or have you been influenced by what you see in the movies, see on the T.V, or read in books.

Stories portray an ideal world and not reality. Can you find someone to love for who they are, and not what you want them to be. 

Can you work to make your relationship the very best that it can be given your life, location, and circumstances, and not try to make it into something that it is not?

Are you comfortable with you are? Or is it a case that you do not believe that anyone could be interested in you, so you try to come across as someone you are not? 

In order to be ready for a serious relationship you have to be happy with who you are, and comfortable with yourself. 

If you are not, how can you expect anyone else to be? 

There are things that you can change through study, or going to the gym, but you core person cannot be changed so be happy and confident with yourself. 

If you try to be someone you are not, then if someone falls for that person you will have a difficult time in maintaining your character. Don't start your relationship with a lie, be yourself.

Have you had some bad experiences in previous relationships, and have you managed to achieve closure on those experiences?

If you have not managed closure, then you will be dragging your baggage from relationship to relationship, and it will keep getting heavier, because until you can deal with your issues and leave them in the past, then you will not be able to move forward.

If you are ready for a serious relationship then you can understand that your new relationship is a blank canvas. 

Whatever has happened in previous relationships, whether good or bad has nothing to do with this one. 

You and your new partner are building something new together, and to make that happen you both need to work together and build to the future, and not let your relationship be affected by what has happened in the past.

How to know if you are ready for a serious relationship?

If you are just looking for a security blanket, someone to make you feel better about yourself, then you are most certainly not ready. 

You are ready for a serious relationship if you want to find someone who you can share your life with. 

You are ready for a serious relationship if you are prepared to commit to one, if you are prepared to devote the time and energy that it will take you. 

You know that you are ready for a serious relationship if you are not heading for the hills as soon as the word commitment is mentioned. 

And finally, you know that you are ready for a serious relationship if you realize that a life with someone special at your side is a life worth living.