Enjoy being in love this month of Valentines

Love is looking into the eyes of your significant other and suddenly your heart knows that the search is over.

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A relationship can only be a success when the couple does not outsource but consider what will work for them and not the society.

Love is a beautiful thing that needs to be cherished and always embraced, as evidences in the stories of the three beautiful young couples.

Most couples would tell you that their love story began long before they were even a couple; it was that thrilling excitement of being a chaser and a chasee.

The feeling of being on the edge of not knowing whether she wants you or not or whether he is the one or not.

However, the true origin of a love story is when someone suddenly decides to let you in, in their sacred space. It is that moment when they choose to trust you with their precious time.

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Ethic Hadebe and Paballo Mahlong (together for 3 years) explain how their love story started, “When we became friends and started to know each other and spend a lot of time together.

“A day didn’t go by without us talking, we related beyond the girlfriend and boyfriend status level.”

“It is such an amazing feeling when you find someone you see yourself in. Someone who reciprocates the same love, mentality, and kindness you give them,” they added.

Vulnerability is the beginning of a trust centred relationship, to have a partner you can confide in and not feel ashamed or sound desperate but actually be at ease.

Well, Bhekumuzi Mametje and Sethabile Dladla (together for 7 years) say, “Our love story began when we became comfortable with each other, we opened up about everything. We became closer and took walks to share things that only we ourselves knew about.”

Your love story begins when you accept that your partner is not invincible, when you stop pretending and lastly love gives you liberty.

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There are three major factors which constitute a healthy relationship; commitment, communication and equality.

Ethic and Paballo explain that, “Commitment is that main thing that’s keeping us together and in love and it plays a very huge role in our relationship.

“We are both exposed to opposite sex, but we love each other and we will always choose each other and that’s an amazing feeling.”

The key to flourish in a healthy relationship with your partner is the terrifying but necessary effort of commitment. Being there for your partner as well as being considerate of their feelings is what a real relationship needs.

Love is commitment and commitment, is wholeness in a trust centred relationship.

Communication skills within a relationship are significant, they bring two people together and they offer serenity.

“Communication plays a major role, understanding each other is what constitute a healthy relationship. We can communicate but if we don’t understand each other then we will mostly fail,” Bhekumuzi and Sethabile advices.

Most couples seem to know too much about how love begins but little about how it might continue.

They get used to each other that their willingness to continue rejuvenating their love loses its power. If you put in that extra effort for someone that can reciprocate it, love can be the greatest feeling one can ever feel.