What a magnificent post! i really have given a lot of though in this matter as many of my friends had issues like that and most of the times it wasn't a happy ending. A key word that you mentioned is "Accepting Criticism". This is where everything starts and can end.
What i personally do before entering a relationship is to clear some things out and the most important one is that we talk to each other for every issue no matter how small it is or it may seem. Holding it inside i think will sometime emerge into the surface and erupt like a volcano. In a way it's like that example ''For the love of Christ! Will you EVER mow the damn lawn?’'' but we gonna get directly to that stage out of nowhere :P
Aside from that i wanna talk about the routine that eventually will come to a relationship-marriage or whatever. I haven't yet a long lasting relationship but many of my friends have and had and because people open pretty easily to me and asking me for advice what i say in this case is:
" It sure won't be as the first days you meet him/her. At first you don't really know each other well, you have a lot of things to talk about and in general the feelings are more intense so everything seem like paradise. Reality though will hit your doors and by that i mean, work, family,friends and as you get to know more and more about the other you won't have so many knew things to learn each day so in a way it will be routine once again thanks to reality. If you love this person you will accept this, try talk if you have an issue and in your free time you could try to do something to remind you of those first ''glorious'' days. ''
( it usually works :P but it's really hard someone although it seems so simple that because of your everyday schedule it won't be as the first day, routine will come in a way eventually)
Hello @filotasriza3 😍
This is a wonderful comment. I am so pleased you found some meaning in this post, and to see that you grasped its main message.
What you said there is SO important, but it is also SO what people don't do. People prefer to brush things under the carpet. But, eventually, like you said ... the eruption happens (OPS!).
Oh! I love the advice you shared here with us :) Thank you for adding these such valuable, relevant points to this discussion. ❤
Thank you for stopping by.
I wish you a wonderful weekend my dear :*