Article: Honesty is the key to any long-lasting relationship. To keep your relationship strong, you should be able to be open and honest with your special someone. You should be able to share your most intimate thoughts and feelings with your loved one, or you’re not really communicating.  Don’t be afraid to tell your loved one if he disappointed you. Being honest about your feelings will help you work through the problem, and is far better than being passive aggressive if you’re upset about something. Share your feelings with your loved one. If you’re really upset about something that happened at work or something your mother said, then don’t keep it all inside. Know when not to say something. Though honesty is almost always the best policy, you don’t have to share every little feeling with your loved one. For example, if you don’t like his new shirt or think one of his new friends is kind of annoying, you may want to keep it to yourself. Time your honesty. If you want to open up about something important, make sure you do it when your loved one has time to talk and is relatively unstressed. Your news will be better received if he has time to listen. In any strong relationship, being happy should be more important than being right. If you want your relationship to last, then you should learn how to make decisions with your loved one, and to find a way for both of you to be happy with the decisions, or to take turns giving in to each other. Here’s how to do it:  When you’re making a decision, have your loved one rate how important it is to him on a scale of 1 to 10, and then state how important it is to you. Then talk about why it’s so important to both of you, and what you can do to make it matter less. Be thoughtful. When the two of you are making a decision, take the time to discuss the pros and cons and what you can do to meet halfway. Take turns giving in on small decisions. If you picked the restaurant for date night, let your girl pick the movie. Make sure both people are compromising. It’s not a compromise if your girl is always giving in to what you want in the end because you’re more persistent. This is an important point. If you want to be in a long-lasting relationship, then you absolutely have to learn how to say you’re sorry from time to time. When it comes to a relationship, admitting you’re sorry is much more important than being stubborn.  Learn to apologize if you’ve done something wrong. It may take you some time to realize that you made a mistake, but once you do, say that you’re sorry for what you’ve done. Make sure you mean it. Be sincere and make eye contact. It won’t mean anything if you’re just saying you’re sorry because you have to. Learn to accept your loved one’s apology. If he truly means it, then you should stop sticking to your guns, accept the apology, and move on. Don’t ever forget to say “I love you” and take your feelings for granted. You should tell your loved one that you love him every single day—multiple times a day, if you can. Remember that there’s a difference between “love you” and “I love you”—you should really mean it when you say it.  Always compliment your loved one. Tell her how great she looks in her new dress or how much you love her smile. Always thank your loved one. Don’t take his/her favors and kind actions for granted. Always tell your loved one how special he/she is. Don’t ever forget to make him feel unique.
What is a summary of what this article is about?
Be honest with each other. Learn to compromise. Learn to say you’re sorry. Tell your loved one how much he means to you.