IS THERE A FUTURE FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER? TAKE THIS TEST!

(February, 2018) How can you determine if your current romantic partner is right for you? Gary Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology at New Jersey’s Monmouth University came up with 15 questions to ask yourself. Consider each question and answer truthfully with a simple yes or no response. Remember, says the professor, this isn’t about generating a score, but rather engaging in a self-guided tour through what’s important in relationships:
1. Does your partner make you a better person, and do you do the same for them?
2. Are you and your partner both comfortable with sharing feelings, relying on each other, being close, and able to avoid worrying about the other person leaving?
3. Do you and your partner accept each other for who you are, without trying to change each other?
4. When disagreements arise, do you and your partner communicate respectfully and without contempt or negativity?
5. Do you and your partner share decision-making, power and influence in the relationship?
6. Is your partner your best friend, and are you theirs?
7. Do you and your partner think more in terms of “we” and “us”, rather than “you” and “I”?
8. Would you and your partner trust each other with the passwords to social media and bank accounts?
9. Do you and your partner have good opinions of each other – without having an overinflated positive view?
10. Do your close friends, as well as your partner’s, think you have a great relationship that will stand the test of time?
11. Is your relationship free of red flags like cheating, jealousy and controlling behavior?
12. Do you and your partner share the same values when it comes to politics, religion, the importance of marriage, the desire to have kids (or not) and how to parent?
13. Are you and your partner willing to sacrifice your own needs, desires and goals for each other (without being a doormat)?
14. Do you and your partner both have agreeable and emotionally stable personalities?
15. Are you and your partner sexually compatible?
* Do you both agree on what is the proper amount of bondage and discipline?
* This is all well and good, but who gets to control the TV remote?
* Bring this up at your Valentine’s dinner tonight. See if you make it to dessert.
* Did this Gary Lewandowski Jr. happen to mention what planet he’s from?
* It shouldn’t be too hard to do all the things on this list, if you’re a Vulcan, or an android.
* I guess Gary never watched “Married With Children”.