Fall in Love Too Easy? Protecting Your Heart Without Changing Yourself

Get a pen and paper down and write your answers. Don't look ahead, and no cheating or lying to yourself. This is designed to help you, but if you don't admit a problem to yourself, you won't be able to overcome it!

1.) On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, how important is it to you to have a partner in your life?

2.) Do you have a set age you want to be married by?

3.) How long does it usually take to date somebody before you think you might love that person?

4.) How many times in your past have you felt you really loved somebody, and then thought otherwise after the relationship ended?

5.) Are you happy when you're alone?

6.) Do you believe in love at first sight?

7.) Do you think that getting married is the beginning of life, the end of life, or just a part of life?

8.) If you were dating somebody for a month, thought things were going really well, and the person you were dating showed a behavior that you found offensive, threatening, or even incompatible with what you look for in a partner... what would you do?

9.) (Hypothetically) You have been dating somebody for only a week and they ask you to move in with them. Would you do it?

10.) How many relationships have you had where you have day dreamed about marrying or having children with the person you were involved with?

Okay, now let's go over your answers and see how you scored. Before we do, I'd like to remind you the only way you can fail at this test is by cheating or lying to yourself. There is nothing wrong with loving too easy, other than you will get hurt a lot more and you may even be scaring away relationships that could have worked.

In the first question, a healthy answer is an honest answer. If you wrote down 10, then good for you to admit this to yourself. I won't tell you you are wrong. But I wouldn't recommend ever trying to date anybody who would answer that same question with a lower number than 10. An 8 or 9 might work, but relationships have to have a balance.