A happy relationship, how does that work?

What about those lucky chemicals again? Falling in love produces dopamine and when falling in love flows into love, you get a boost of endorphins. If you are looking for a 'partner for life', these are roughly the three relationship tips / key elements for shared happiness:

1 – Trust

Trust always comes first, along with honesty and respect. If you can trust each other's intentions, this is the basis of a happy togetherness. Trusting each other thoroughly, that often takes a while, it just takes time. Especially if you have already had some relationships, trust issues can arise. Above all, express what you expect from someone, make your boundaries known and, above all, trust your own feelings.

2 – Humor

A partner who makes you laugh is not only great fun, but also really good for your happiness in life. You now know how important laughter is and that it comes from humor. Having the same sense of humor together is gold. Because if your goal is a lifelong relationship, you will encounter many ups and downs along the way. And those less pleasant moments can be had much better with a little humor.

3 – Physical attraction

Physical attraction is often created by someone's appearance, but it is not the most important thing when you are looking for true love. Smell also has a lot to do with this. Your pheromones to be precise. A pheromone is a signaling molecule (odor) that transmits messages between individuals of the same species. So if you like the smell of the other person's pheromones, your brain will receive the signal that you feel sexually attracted to that person. It works exactly the same way the other way around, you can't be attracted to someone else at all because you don't like his or her smell.

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Extra tip: nowadays it seems like you can only get into a relationship by swiping, but it is all so fleeting... Unfortunately, true love is not that easy to find. Fortunately, there are also relationship sites that are more focused on quality. Do not give up!

The author: Mariko Naber

Branding expert and online entrepreneur Mariko is the happy brain behind Happlify. Together with partner Mark, she runs Happlify, Sell your stuff online and branding agency Loaded ink BNO . She loves feel good, random acts of kindness, meatballs, chocolate mousse, family time, sea, piña colada, sugar & spice and everything nice.