Are We a Good Couple? 9 Signs You’re a Match Made in Heaven
Are we a good couple? Good couples share many characteristics, such as common interests, shared values, and mutual acts of affection. Find more factors here.
A perfect match is pretty much a cosmic guarantee that you and your partner are destined to be together. We all want to make sure that the relationship we’re in is the elusive “One.”
In every relationship, it’s good to take the time and ask yourself one important question. Are we a good couple?
Good couples share many characteristics, such as common interests, shared values, and mutual acts of affection. Find more factors here!
1. Good Communication
The most important and fundamental factor of a great couple is your ability to communicate effectively and openly. You should be able to speak openly with each other about the good and bad, and in return be a good listener.
Good couples pay attention to what they are saying and make sure their partner is feeling heard and understood. Fighting in relationships is normal, fighting without settling disputes effectively is not. This is done by being able to talk things out even if the other person won’t like what you have to say.
2. Are Each Other’s Best Friend
Your partner should be your best friend. Most good couples are. They should be the person you go to for support, comfort, a helping hand, and an ear to talk to.
You shouldn’t feel shy or scared to come to them for help or with a problem, and they should definitely be the person you immediately share your good news with.
Remember that this goes both ways, you should want to be this person for your partner as well.
3. Sleep Comfortably Together
There’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep to keep you going, and thrown in some cuddling before bed? Yes, please!
The way you sleep with your partner in bed is important. Couple sleeping positions are actually quite telling and can highlight some subconscious things that are going on between you two. They can show you how close you two are, the type of relationship you have, as well as maybe some underlying issues you’re not seeing.
Ideally, you should be able to sleep comfortably with each other. Unless they’re a snorer and you’re a light sleeper! But that’s not reflective of your relationship.
4. Regular Physical Intimacy
Sex, or any type of physical intimacy, is important. Not only does it release those feel-good brain chemicals, but it’s also a great way to keep you two close. Every good couple understands the importance of physical intimacy in the relationship as a mutual benefit, and it definitely shows.
Many happy couples average sex once per week to keep that physical intimacy fire stoked and feel secure in their relationship. A dry spell here and there is normal for all couples to have, but a dwindling sex life can be problematic for a variety of reasons.
If you’re fairly regular, that’s a great couple checkmark!
5. Being Each Other’s Cheerleaders
Another good couple sign is cheering each other on. You should be supportive of each other’s goals, celebrate your victories, and also be there during the losses. You don’t have to understand each other’s goals, but you should but the number 1 person in their corner.
This isn’t to say that you should blindly follow everything. You definitely shouldn’t be supporting bad habits, but you should for sure be cheering them in the right direction. If your partner isn’t in your corner, that’s not a good sign.
6. Maintain an Emotional Connection
Time can do some damage to a relationship. But a great couple will work to maintain that emotional connection no matter what. This is where the affection, caring, and loving feelings will come from in your relationship.
An emotional connection also goes hand in hand with not only being able to read, understand, and respond to your partner’s expressed feelings but also being able to read your partner on a deeper level. A couple that’s in tune with each other’s emotions bodes well for a high rating in being a match.
7. Prioritize Quality Time
This is a big one when it comes to being a match made in heaven. You and your partner should prioritize your relationships with each other to ensure it’s getting the proper nurturing and tender care it requires to blossom.
Much that flowers, relationships need quality time and attention in order to prosper and grow. No one should have to constantly ask for quality time from their partner, and if you are then this could be problematic and create a lot of negative qualities. Quality time should come naturally to the perfect couple and won’t require begging or pleading from either side.
8. Put In All Their Effort
Both you and your partner’s contribution to the relationship should be 100%. I don’t mean always at the same 100% level but the full gauge of where you’re at the day. For example, if you’re only able to contribute 60% that day, make sure it’s 100% of the 60%.
Some days may be a struggle, but you and your partner should be able to contribute a bit more on their end if you’re lagging behind. We just need to get that boost once in a while on our bad days and be able to do the same for our partner.
If you and your partner are consistently putting in 100% of your daily efforts into the relationship, and sometimes ‘topping each other up,’ then you’re definitely a great couple.
9. Empathy to Each Other’s Feelings
Empathy to each other’s feelings in our final sign of a great couple. Empathy means being able to feel your partner’s feelings as if they are your own. Your joys, sadness, and frustrations are theirs and vice versa.
You two or extremely in tune with each other’s feelings and know just the right way to respond to them. This can be a learned skill, but to a great couple, this definitely comes naturally.
Are We a Good Couple?
With these 9 signs, you should be able to tell answer the question “Are we a good couple?” if you’re definitely a match made in heaven, and if your relationships may need some work.
So how do you and your partner measure up to these 9 signs? Leave a comment below to let us know!
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