I consider myself only a veteran of one serious relationship. After learning a lot about what I want/need in a relationship and seeing what is necessary for myself to put into one, I was just curious as to how much experience you felt one needed to sustain a healthy relationship? I've gone almost two years holding out and probably have blown opportunities with good girls, fearing that it just wasn't right at the time.

This is a question that's difficult to put into words, I just hope I got the message across. Grassy ass.

let nature run its course...

not sure it's how much experience but who you are and who you are in a relationship with

gee dude, only two years without

dont need experience, its an On job training kind of thing

i don't know if we ever have enough experience. if it doesn't feel rite don't do it.

If we knew answers such as that one we wouldnt be on this site!!!!


Stacie

Sure we would, this place is great!!!
You're not gaining experience waiting, just waiting. Besides, you never really stop learning......

After my divorce, I stayed away from relationships for almost two years simply because I just didn't want one. Not that I felt I didn't have what it took to be in one. I just decided not to be involved at all. I felt it was a good call cause a divorce can knock you on your arse and can also make you doubt. So, I took time and eventually got back into dating. Now, I am in a relationship and am very, very happy. Did I learn things from my past marriage and other past relationships? Of course I did. And, knowing what went wrong in other relationships does help you.

But, at the same time, and like someone stated, a relationship is "on the job training". The main thing is deciding whether you do or don't want to be involved. Generally speaking, most of us know what it takes to make a relationship work. So while learning from your past mistakes and also incorporating what worked from those past relationships does help, you still learn as you go.

it takes a lifetime of learning and still its not enough...but if you're willing to make sacrifices, love unconditionally, forgive and forget and remember that respect, passion and humor are vital to keeping the flame alive...then who knows? Maybe your next relationship will be the last you ever need and you will have accumulated all the experience you needed.

If a definite amount of experience was necessary for a successful relationship then all would fail, which is not the case. In some cases it could be said that the relationship is inevitably more healthy based on the "lack of" prior experience rather than the abundance of it. yes? no?

I think so much depends on what you learned in your prior relationship, and what you have learned in your life in general. Some people go through dozens of relationships and never learn anything. Some get it right, right from the start. It depends on how well you know yourself and how well you understand your partner.

That depends on who you are with and how much you really know about each other. Communication is a good start to a healthy relationship.

And just let nature take it's course