When you know someone you are interested in, or are looking for a relationship which should last a lifetime, it is important to decide and choose based on the right reasons. There is a thin line between true love and infatuation. People are often misled and get infatuated by the opposite sex; they forget the practical difficulties of relationships in life.

When you are on the lookout for your potential partner or have started going on blind dates, you could be going through such a confusing phase. You should know that marriages are NOT made in heaven and everything cannot be perfect in everyone's lives. To get to the top bring your expectations down, making your relationship last takes some dedication and sacrifice from both partners equally.

Beauty is alright, but it is not everything. If you want to decide based on how attracted you are to her physically, you must be sensible enough to know that it might not last. Everyone go through physical changes all the time, and one cannot expect your partner to maintain their physical contours the same at all times. Marriage is something beyond physical beauty. Keeping a criterion on the physical appearance should be based on neatness, how they maintain themselves reflects a lot on their character and if they are sloppy, it shows their careless in other areas of their lives.

The nature and compatibility of the person should be your priority. Looking for a person who should be compatible to your nature is eminent. Not everyone are perfect, everyone have their own faults and strengths. A potential partner should either complement you or fill in to what you are lacking in. A majority of successful marriages have found their balance selecting the qualities of the person which the spouse could lack.

The ancient concept of yin and yang holds a good example in explaining successful relationships. The yin is black with a white dot and the yang is white with a black dot. Moreover, they fit each other perfectly merging both qualities together to form a circle. If you lack patience, then your partner should be there to calm you down and vice versa.