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Building a Relationship Is like Building a House

Building a Strong Relationship

By Mandy TrittenbachPublished 5 years ago 4 min read
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You are probably wondering how is building a house similar to building a relationship? Well, they are similar because there are steps to building a house and there are steps to build a relationship. If you ever saw a house built or built one then you know what goes into building a house. If you haven’t I’m sure you saw building shows and know some of what goes into building a house.

Steps That Goes Into Building a House:

  1. Foundation: This is to stabilize the whole house.
  2. Framing: Pieces that are put together to shape and support.
  3. Wiring: This is the electric, plumbing, and everything else that is in behind the drywall.
  4. Drywall: This is used to create the walls and ceilings in the house. It the first step to creating the inside of the house.
  5. Screws and glue: This holds everything in the house together.
  6. Roof: This is to protect the inside of the house.
  7. Lighting: This lights up the whole house so you can see.



What Goes Into Building a Relationship:

  1. Honesty: Telling the truth no matter how hard it is and even if it might hurt the person. Not telling the truth will hurt more than you telling it.
  2. Loyalty: No matter how hard it gets and no matter how much the other gets on your nerves don’t go looking for what you can get in the relationship somewhere else. Anything that you can get from your current relationship shouldn’t be given from someone outside of the relationship. If so this is breaking your loyalty to someone.
  3. Trust: Trust is where you being honest and loyal comes in. If you do those two things trust is build on that.
  4. Communication: This is important! You have to be able to communicate about anything with your partner. Everything that goes on in the relationship is important to talk about. Even the most awkward things need to be talked about.
  5. Love: Love is built with everything that is on this list combined. When you have all these components together then you will be able to love your partner.
  6. Respect: Having respect for each other is important. Respect is telling the truth no matter what, never degrading them even when they make a bad choice. Respect the one you love because if you don’t things will fall down for sure.
  7. Self-love: Having love for yourself is a big thing. If you don’t love yourself, then you can’t love or see when someone loves you. If you don’t have this, you look for unhealthy love in people who will not build a strong house with you

How Do These Lists Go Together?

The foundation of the house is a combination of honesty and loyalty. These two things will make a strong foundation that will hold the relationship up.

The framing is the communication between the both of you. If the communication isn’t there then there is no framing. Every relationship needs communication and this is what builds the shape and support of the relationship.

Wiring in a house is the connection between the both of you. Everything that is connected in that house to give it light, plumbing, heat and air conditioning is the connection. None of these would work if one wire wasn’t connected. The connection is important to keep everything in the relationship and house working.

The drywall would be the trust in the relationship. Trust is what starts to build the inside of the home. Trust plays an important part like drywall does because it protects the connection between both of you. The trust is what keeps the connection strong.

Screws and glue is the respect the people in the relationship have for each other. Without this, the frames wouldn’t stay together and the drywall would stay up. This is important because respect for one another is what holds everything in place that goes into a relationship.

The roof is the love that the people have for each other. Love is what covers and protects everything in the relationship and home. This is what stops the rain and the storms from coming into the home. Without this anything can ruin the relationship that is built on the inside.

The last is lighting in the home. This is self-love you have. If your self-love goes away then there will be nothing to light the house/ relationship. Your light will burn out completely and you will not be the same. The light which made you who you are and unique will burn out making no light for you and this will cause the relationship to fall apart.

This is what makes building a house similar to building a relationship. Remember you can always fix what is broken with hard work and dedication.

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