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How to Accept Your Partner’s Flaws to Grow Your Relationship
Do you find yourself always trying to change your partner? Are you never satisfied with who they are and what they do? If so, it’s time to learn how to accept them for who they are. Here are 42 ways to do just that.
Each of us is unique, and as such, our partners will be too. It’s important to learn how to accept them for who they are — quirks and all. If you can’t do that, then the relationship is doomed.
Luckily, there are many things you can do to help facilitate acceptance. Below are 42 of them. Read on and see which — if any — work for you.
1. Appreciate what you do have in life
Everyone has problems, but it’s important to not take the things you do have in your life for granted. Instead of being negative or complaining about your daily hardships, try to appreciate the people around you and the good things in your life. The more positive you are, the better you’ll be able to handle situations when they get hard.
2. There is no perfect partner
A lot of us have this idea in our heads that our partners should be perfect — the perfect height, weight, job status, income level, etc. This is a good way to ensure that you’ll never be satisfied with anyone. There’s no such…
