So.... what is your Prudential Relationship Index...

Did you know that Prudential recently launched the inaugural 2016 Prudential Relationship Index (PRI) in the attempt to understand the state of personal relationships in Malaysia and throughout Asia. These included relationships with partners, children, parents, friends and relatives. A full score of 100 would of course be the ideal score on the PRI meaning that a person’s relationship is everything that they want ..

After all, we cannot deny that in life, it all comes down to the people we care about. Our close relationships, friendships and intimate ties are important to our own happiness, well being and longevity.

15 Dos and Don't on how to have your own life while married / in a realtionship

How can you balance life between giving to your partner and having a life of your own?

Here are some ways as how you can date/be married or have a relationship with that someone but NOT lose yourself.

Painful love

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love -E.A. Bucchianeri

Love is a painful emotion.

People think Love hurts only when it is one sided. Yes I agree love hurts when it is one sided but love also hurts when you are together and in love with one another.... how?
 
The more you love the more painful it is.

Yeah I agree.  All is wonderful if the one you love loves you back, you might say, but I am speaking from that point as well.

When the person you over is unwell,  you stress over them. 

When the person you love is doing something you deem or think is dangerous or harmful (and they think they can do it ok).. it probably stresses you out more then it does them. They probably don't even break out a sweat while you age 10 years in just a matter of hours.

When the person you love betrays you..  and when I mean betray..  there is must so many ways to betray someone..  not just by having an affair with someone else.  It hurts.

When the person asks you to butt out of worrying for them..  that hurts too.

When you just can't help worrying and stressing.  It affects  your mental health more then the other person who probably think you are just overreacting. 

When you mean well and get snapped at for just  that.  That really hurts too.

So that's the conclusion.  The more you love,  the more it hurts.

Think about it

The above is derived from both personal experience and what I see on TV and real life.  On loving your spouse,  your kids,  your parents etc...