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13 signs you�re in a fulfilling relationship with yourself

Sharing things with another person just doesn�t sound necessary.
Surely it�s so much easier to dedicate all of that positive energy you know you�re capable to your one true love? Yourself.
Here are 13 signs you�re in a happy relationship with yourself.

1. The idea of share food freaks you out. Having to order your usual meal for two and actually having to share it with another person? Allow them to half your pizza? How do people do that?

2. And so do cute nights in. Watching your favourite American Horror Show series with another person just sounds like allowing the possibility of somebody to talk over all of the best bits.

3. You take care of your mental health. If you feel down, you do something about it. You don�t allow people to let you feel weak.

4. You prioritise your goals and don�t think about the �what ifs�. You know what you want.

5. You�re completely happy star fishing in your massive bed. Want a cuddle? Use a pillow.

6. The idea of a first date doesn�t sound appealing to you. Awkward conversation over food you probably don�t even like? What�s the point again?
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7. And Tinder is a no-go too. One reason because you haven�t got the time to spare flicking left and right for people you�re never going to meet. Another is that the thought of taking a new selfie for your new dating app seems a little tedious.

8. You�re a very blunt person. You speak for you and nobody else. You don�t allow anyone to influence your thoughts or decisions.

9. You�ve been asked by your family more times than you can remember: �Have you met anyone special yet?� Erm.. specify �special� please?
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10. And your friends are constantly trying to hook you up with people. They just don�t seem to understand that it�s actually your own decision not to date.

11. You keep yourself well groomed and healthy because you like to feel good about yourself.

12. And it annoys the living hell out of you when people feel like you have to look good for someone else. These eyelashes? They�re for me. This lipstick? That�s for me too. And these eyebrows? You got it! All for me.

13. Sometimes it can get pretty lonely just being in a relationship with yourself. But you�re readily prepared for this bout of loneliness: It�s time to buy a cat

If you are considering a threesome, I�d say that would be a good place to start, rather than doing something with your own friends. That�s a bad idea.
Threesome advice: Sexpert Tracey Cox�s do�s and don�ts

1. Figure out if you�re ready. If you have a partner, bear in mind the sort of person who survives this has a high trust level. When it goes right, it�s with people who aren�t madly in love, casually having fun, interested in exploring. Singles who sleep with couples or people they�re not going to see again fare really well in threesomes.
2. Never, ever do it with a friend. Answer an ad � that�s a far more honest way to do it. Then you don�t have that jealousy. Or take yourself off to a swingers� club. Everyone knows what they are there for.
3. If you�re not entirely sure of what you�re doing, another option is to pair off and watch while they get up to something, then they watch while two of you get up to something.
4. Be very specific about what�s allowed and what�s not. Most of the time when it goes wrong it�s because people don�t talk it through. Noses are put out of joint because one person gets into it a bit too much, or women are astonished the boyfriend is kissing the guy.
5. If you see your partner looking anxious, even if you�re about to have the best orgasm in the world, you need to stop and think: �This is going to last about 30 seconds and the repercussions are going to last the whole of my life�.
6. Load on the reassurances: any sexual compliments need to be paid to your partner not to the other person, though you need to be polite! You need to say to your partner: �You look sexy�.

10 bulls*** dating tips we�re tired of hearing

Love. It�s just so complicated (Source: Getty Images Credit: METRO/Myles Goode)
Let�s face it � who on earth know what they�re doing when it comes to dating and relationships?
With the sheer amount of different advice out there (that sometimes can be contradictory) who the hell knows who to listen to?
But there are some common dating mantras we�re told from couples and relationship experts alike that, To be honest, we�re tired of hearing of them, mainly because they don�t really work.
Here are ten dating tips we know really to be bulls***

1. Don�t go to bed angry

We get it. Wouldn�t it be lovely if you could resolve all your issues and then get a good, undisturbed rest? But we know it doesn�t work that way.
Any argument had late at night is going to full of exhausted screaming and tears. Why not sort things with a fresher mind?
They say �sleep on it� for a reason.
2) Play hard to get � they�ll want you more

Let�s be honest � the people this works on are just not worth your time. Who needs that all those games and all that drama?
Can�t people just be honest if and when they like someone?
3) Don�t have sex on a first date

You�ve heard that the partner will disrespect you and the like. But we saw enough couples at university that hooked up in freshers� week and are still together now to know that�s just crap.
If you want to have sex, then just have sex.
Even science supports this view. Research from this study showed that affection can grow from lust as they grow in the same part of the brain.
4) A guy should always pay

If we want a fair society, people should probably practice what we preach. Which means splitting the dinner bill.
Yes, sure, it may still be 118 years until women get equal pay, but maybe an example should be set for better equality between the sexes.
5) Open yourself up to love

Or as French stylist Caroline de Maigret once said, �always be f***able�.
But can you deny there�s a certain truth in that love will find you when you�re looking for it the least?
Sure, you might meet the one on Tinder or whatever dating app is right for you. But the love thunderbolt isn�t going to strike just because you tell it that it should.
6) Just keep pursuing them � you�ll wear them down eventually

This is where romantic comedies just got it all wrong. Life isn�t a Twilight film � you get zero brownie points for breaking into someone�s house and watching them while they sleep.
In the real world, you get arrested and the only thing thrust at you is a restraining order.
7) Men have to make the first move

It�s the 21st Century � women can make the first move on a guy they like too.
If you need any further encouragement ladies, we�re told men even think it�s sexy.
8) Try not to appear too brainy if you�re a woman � you might scare him off

Apparently men are scared of dating intelligent women. Cue huge, sarcastic collective eye roll.
Even if you happen to date one of those men and they run away, women know the right one will appreciate our brains.
9) You should wait three days after a date to text them

Maybe not quite like this though
More game playing. More bulls***.
If you like them, why should you have to hide it just to play it cool?
Though there is such thing as overkill. If they�re not replying, see point 6.
10) You�ve got to make sure they put a ring on it/you put a ring on it

It�s not entirely necessary for your long term happiness, it turns out. It�s less clear cut than that.
There are a lot of benefits of being married, for sure. But you can achieve a lot of them just living together if that�s your style. Science even says you might be happier, believe it or not.
So, really, getting married isn�t essential � if that�s what you want.
So to round up�
Just do what suits you. Not all these pearls of wisdom will work for everyone