Relationships. We need them. Research tells us that intimate relationships are necessary for our health and well being and we know that the early days of any relationship is awesome, but what comes after that first ‘honeymoon’ stage? If we paid too much attention to our current cultural beliefs about love we’d believe that it’s a bed of roses, a fairytale of handsome princes and princesses, dashing off into the sunset. 1.Forget perfect We know that life isn’t perfect but we’ve been fed the expectation that love should be. And we fall for it. We want someone to come along and make us happy, meet our every need, or fulfill our every daydream of love. And some of us find ourselves struggling with jealousy. In short we expect our relationships to give us everything we ought to be giving ourselves. 2.Real Love… with a capital L, can be challenging. And worthwhile.…