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Key to a great relationship and a happy marriage...


I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST GIVE 100% (our all) REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE GET BACK.
WE MUST TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING AND HAVE NO SECRETS.
SECRETS BREED INSECURITIES AND INSECURITIES KILL RELATIONSHIPS.

if one gets nothing back…
any relationship or marriage is like an investor,
at some point they would like a return on their investment
is it worth it to continue investing or is the investment dead?

by David Maree
  • Communication: 100% Open, honest, and respectful communication helps resolve conflicts and build trust.
  • Let go: Don't hold on to the past. Let it go. Don't hold grudges and resentment.
  • Trust: Trusting each other 100% is fundamental to a strong, long-lasting relationship. Distrust breeds insecurities, and insecurities and distrust KILLS RELATIONSHIPS.
  • Respect: Treat each other with kindness and respect, even during disagreements.
  • Honesty: Be open and honest.
  • Honour: Honour each other.
  • Compromise: Finding a middle ground and being flexible is crucial in maintaining balance in the relationship.
  • Support: Be each other’s biggest supporter, offering encouragement and help in all aspects of life.
  • Quality Time: Spending meaningful time together strengthens the bond and connection.
  • 1on1 Time: Spend alone time together time.
  • Shared Goals and Values: Align on important life goals and values, such as family, finances, and lifestyle.
  • Patients and Understanding: Accept each other’s imperfections and be patient through challenges.
  • Appreciation: Show gratitude for each other’s contributions and express love regularly.
  • Intimacy: Maintain physical and emotional intimacy to nurture the relationship.
  • Finance: Financial openness and common goals. Financial stress is often the end of a relationship, so working together is key.
  • Tone: Talk to your partner like you want them to be around for another 100yrs

Remember to always...

  • Hold hands more…
  • Cuddle more…
  • Hug more…
  • Hold each other more…
  • Say hello more…
  • Goodbye more…
  • I love you more…
  • Miss you more…
  • You're hot more…
  • Good morning more…
  • Good night more…
  • How was your day more…
  • How's work more…

…there's NEVER too much of these.


FROM LUST TO TRUST – DEEPER INTIMACY IN LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS

REAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT BUILT ON LUST – THEY ARE BUILT ON TRUST

  • The best sex doesn’t happen at the beginning of a relationship.
  • The first ±3 months are lust: all chemistry, instinct, imagination, and urgency.
  • You're not connecting with the real person — you're connecting with the *idea* of them.
  • Don't meet or connect in a club or a bar.
    • Your brain is wired for short-term rewards.
  • For a meaningful connection, meet at a coffee shop or a park. IN THE DAY.
  • Early sex feels explosive, like a match in a dry forest — fast, exciting, but fragile.
  • Long-term intimacy, when nurtured, is like neutrinos moving through matter — silent, unstoppable, and profoundly real.
  • You can’t rely on lust to build a connection — you must build something deeper through presence, trust, honour and respect.
  • Most couples never learn how to build tension inside trust — they drift into routine, parenting, stress, and lose polarity.
  • When the spark fades, they either give up or chase someone new — mistaking lust for connection.
  • Real intimacy comes from:
    • Showing up with presence,
    • Holding onto difference,
    • Creating tension without conflict,
    • Feeling safe but still magnetically pulled to each other.
  • Lust is imagined — real desire is built.
  • Presence fades, not desire.
  • You can’t recreate “new,” but you can recreate the pull — over and over again.
  • When both people hold space, carry presence, and respect the polarity — sex becomes a form of reconnection, not routine.
  • This is not about becoming someone new — it’s about being fully seen as yourself, again.
  • Most couples never get here — not because they can’t, but because they didn’t know it was possible.
  • From lust to trust — that’s the important shift.
  • Simply changing from a closed relationship to an open relationship will never truly “fix” a relationship that is already broken, unsatisfactory or unstable.

That’s the difference.

PS

  • Opening the relationship may distract from the root issues, but it does not resolve them.
  • If communication, trust, respect, and emotional connection are damaged, no amount of new partners or freedom will rebuild what’s missing.
  • Open relationships work only when built from a foundation of deep trust, emotional maturity, and mutual agreement — not as a patch for unresolved pain.

DOES THE OTHER PERSON MATTER TO YOU?

Show them !!!!



FINANCE

Relationship KILLER

Financial Teamwork is a Relationship SAVER

A quick look at two popular budgeting frameworks for managing personal finances:

Category 50/30/20 Rule * 75/15/10 Rule
Essentials 50% – Needs 75% – Core Expenses (Living Costs)
Housing, utilities, food, transport Rent, bills, food, essentials
Minimum debt payments
Wants 30% – Lifestyle 15% – Discretionary Spending
Dining out, hobbies, entertainment Non-essential shopping, entertainment
Vacations, subscriptions etc.
Savings & Debt 20% – Savings & Extra Debt Repay 10% – Savings
Emergency fund, investments Emergency fund, retirement, etc.
Extra loan payments

Key Differences

  • 50/30/20 * gives more flexibility and balance between needs, wants, and savings – great for general financial discipline.
  • 75/15/10 is more conservative, prioritizing living expenses heavily – good for high-cost areas or tighter budgets.

Tip: Choose a model that fits your lifestyle, income level, and financial goals. You can also tweak either rule to build your own custom ratio.

It's all about creating a balanced and practical plan for your money.



Fun Fact 2025: The Power of Wealth (And What *You* Can Do)

There are approximately 3,028 Billionaires in the world, controlling US$16.1 Trillion in total net worth.
Not impressed? Let's go bigger:
There are over 58 million Millionaires globally (yes, each billionaire is technically one of them too), together accounting for a colossal US$213.8 Trillion.


Imagine This

What if just 10% of that total wealth went toward global betterment annually?

  • Solar infrastructure.
  • Environmental restoration.
  • Public health and education upliftment.

The world would be transformed, year after year.
But… that's not how it's going (yet).


Here’s the Real Takeaway

We can't all be billionaires. We can’t all be millionaires. But each of us can do something.

Take this example:
In 2019, my family and I donated trees to a nature reserve.
In 2029, those trees will be converting 980 tons of fresh oxygen per year.
That’s real. That’s making a difference for the benefit of….


→ Everyone can do something. Start where you are, with what you have. The world needs *you*, not your millions.

A broad‑leaf Yellowwood that escapes logging, lightning and wind‑throw can easily reach
600–800 years, quite possibly over a millennium;
the best growth‑rate data suggest an absolute biological ceiling somewhere around 1 200–1 500 years
Anything beyond that has not yet been scientifically confirmed.

Seed condition Clean seed mass per tree (kg) Approx. viable seeds / tree / year*
Normal year 2 – 4 kg 3 400 – 11 000
Good “mast” year up to 10 kg 17 000 – 28 000

*Rounded from:*

  • Seeds / kg = (1 000 g ÷ 0.36 – 0.60 g) ≈ 1 700 – 2 800 raw seeds
  • × 80 % average viability → ≈ 1 400 – 2 200 viable seeds / kg
  • Multiplied by the kilogram range shown above.
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