To have a successful relationship, you both must be seeking someone who is emotionally mature, meaning…you have to be emotionally developed and ready for a committed, long-term relationship.

There are some definite ways to tell if you are ready to search for your forever love.  Here are a few of those ways.

1. You are happy being single.  You aren’t seeking a relationship out of shear loneliness but for companionship.
2. You have goals, long term and short term for your future.  Not necessarily set in stone but you have a blueprint of what you would like your future to hold.
3. You are looking for someone to share life with NOT complete you.  You are complete.  You want someone to that can compliment your existing life and vice versa.
4. You have left your past relationship in the past.  You learned a valuable life lesson from it and are ready to move forward.
5. You are ready to find a companion to be open and honest with and not game playing (making him jealous, arguing over trivial matters, etc).
6. You may date more than one man, however, you desire to find one forever love.
7. You look forward to the dating process and getting to know one or several men, slowly.
8. You want a genuine, honest, non selfish, non aggressive, easygoing, low drama relationship.

Not to say all of these areas have to be “perfect” but these give you insight as to whether you are ready for that forever love to come along.  If you don’t think you are ready, don’t rush it.  Explore ways to “find” yourself and invest some time and energy into really deciding what you want your future to look like. Check out these blog posts to get started on your new journey: Self Love is Not Selfish,  You Don’t Need To Be Completed  or  Stepping Stones to Forever Love.

SHERI  XOXO