7 Concrete Signs You’d Be A Wonderful Spouse (To Your Current Partner)

You don’t want to get too serious with the wrong person – but you don’t want to avoid committing to the right person either. You might be scared that you aren’t able to make your partner as happy as they deserve, but here are signs that you would make a good spouse to your current partner:

You have created a comfortable, safe space for them to share their emotions – and you feel comfortable sharing with them too.

For a marriage to work, you need to have open communication. You need to feel like it’s okay to come to your partner with anything that is on your mind. You don’t want to keep secrets, even for ‘good’ reasons, like to keep the peace, to avoid hurting feelings, or to save them from extra stress. You should both be honest, always.

You volunteer to help them without them needing to ask.

You should both be contributing your fair share to the relationship, physically and emotionally. Although you aren’t a mind-reader, you should know your partner well enough to tell when something is bothering them, when they are under more pressure than usual, when they need you to pick up their extra slack for a little while. They shouldn’t need to beg you or nag you for your help. You should be offering it, freely.

You offer them unlimited support and encouragement.

You are always in their corner, cheering them on whenever they embark on a new journey. And when they are starting to doubt themselves, you hype them up and remind them of how incredible they are in every conceivable way. You can’t control whether they love themselves or believe in themselves, but you always make sure they know how much you love them and believe in them.

You genuinely enjoy their company.

You consider them a close friend, your best friend, not just a lover. And you make sure that they know this. You make sure to compliment them and reassure them frequently. You make sure to have fun together, and not to take your relationship too seriously all the time.

You do more than the basics.

You don’t give them the bare minimum and hope you can get away with it. You do special things for them whenever you get the chance because making them happy makes you happy. You might not be able to go above and beyond all of the time, but you try whenever you have the chance.

You encourage them to be their most authentic self.

You never want them to feel like they have to put on an act in order to impress you because they are already enough. You encourage them to be their truest self because you love who they are at their core. You wouldn’t want anything to change, but when they decide to make a change, you encourage their growth. You are there for them along every step of their journey.

You love them with all your heart.

They are genuinely the person you want to spend your life with, so you would never betray their trust or make them feel inadequate. You always give them your utmost respect, regardless of the situation.