When you start seeing someone new, the last thing on your mind is whether or not the relationship is moving at a healthy pace. Welcome to the honeymoon phase, where everything is new and exciting! Still, there are obvious reasons to worry about a relationship becoming intense. In which case, Rose recommends asking yourself these five questions to determine if your relationship is moving at a healthy pace. One sure sign of an unhealthy relationship is that the pace jumps from 0 to Your first few weeks together are fun, but before you know it, your new boo wants a constant play-by-play of your life.
They constantly check in on you via text and your relationship seems to move at warp speed. We hear all the time that relationships require compromise — and they do. A good gauge for the pace of your relationship is how often you compromise to make the relationship work.
A sure sign that a relationship is moving too quickly is if you have trouble making decisions without your partner early on. Rose recommends checking-in with your gut before and after including your partner in any decision making. Do you hold back details about your relationship when you would normally spill everything in a group text to your closest friends?
Unhealthy relationships usually involve a lot of secret keeping. How do I know? The lesson I learned? Being honest with yourself and your tribe is the best way to check yourself when you get swept up by a new beau. What are you hoping to get by speeding your relationship up versus spending additional time getting to know each other?
Does a Facebook official engagement actually resonant with your gut or are you trying to keep up with the Joneses? The year I graduated from college, I went to ten weddings—they were all mutual friends of mine that dated since freshmen year of college. I guess when you know your partner is the one, you just do. On the other hand, I know people in healthy marriages who popped the question after dating for only six months.
