"Happy" after

Recently in my family studies class at high school, we have been discussing the "ideal" relationship. Also discussing how to build/maintain a good relationship. There are many different ways people keep a good relationship going so I'll just go over the five steps we learned in class, using my sister and her fiance as an example.

Step 1: Strong Foundation- My sister and her fiance went to high school together just as friends, then once they got to know each other they started dating. This is definitely a strong foundation for them.

Step 2: Build Healthy Patterns- Justin works nights one week out of the whole month, the rest are days. Jordan works during the day while Aubree has a baby-sitter.

Step 3: Explore Each others interest- Jordan never used to hunt until she met Justin, now she loves it! Justin doesn't really like watching girly t.v. shows, but he watches anyway for Jordan.

Step 4:  Establish a pattern of apologizing- Usually when Jordan and Justin get into an argument, they both think they're right and stick to that for about 15 min or so.. then Justin usually apologizes and says she's right. I think mainly he does that to make her happy.