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What is the most important...

JustASimpleGuy
JustASimpleGuy
...relationship in your life?
JustASimpleGuy
JustASimpleGuy
And why?
DayDreaminDreamer
DayDreaminDreamer
With myself.
DayDreaminDreamer
DayDreaminDreamer
Cuz I'm the most important person in my life.
mcqn8
mcqn8
My daughter! She is disabled with a brain injury, I'm sure you are all sick of hearing about. But she is my life now.
Wish I could add my husband but I can't see that happening!
Aronia
Aronia
The important relationships in my life are all equally significant.
I have a few close friends, a husband in training , a sister, 2 children, their father ( my ex husband) . I cant put them on a priority list because i dont have much of a family so all these people are my family.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree with Aronia, that my most important relationships are significant and important equally.

My son, my parents, my sister and brother, my nephew - these are my number ones.

My grandpa - he passed away almost 14 years ago,and I reflect, think about him, often. He is a missing piece that I feel, every day.
deleted_user
deleted_user
My relationship with myself is incredibly important, and all the above mentioned people have greatly enhanced my life, and I continue to learn from them and grow as a person
Aronia
Aronia
PS the relationship with myself is not even on my radar because my relationships with other people are a direct reflection of what ISNT wrong with me. I try to focus less on myself and more on others.
I am a part of the whole, not the center.
DayDreaminDreamer
DayDreaminDreamer
Let me clarify. Because all other relationships in my life are so important to me, its of utmost importance for me to get on great with myself. When I don't, other relationships suffer too, so my relationship with myself is of primary importance to me, that's how I become the most important person in my life, and not in some self centered egotistical way. There's a fine balance.
JustASimpleGuy
JustASimpleGuy
Most Important: With myself.

Why: The quality of any relationship I currently have or might have, romantic or otherwise, can never exceed the quality of my relationship with myself.

It's like looking into a mirror. We see a part of us reflected back in everyone we know and meet. Namaste in the spiritual sense.
koolman
koolman
Yeah, with myself.

And with God. I find God in nature.
BundlesofJoy
BundlesofJoy
The important relationships in my life is those With all those who show an ounce of concern for me.

That being my Mom, then my son & my friends & significant other. As soon as I find those friends & SO....:-) Don't have those yet :D When I find them, they'll be on my list of importance :-)
1loop
1loop
Until very recently I never thought of myself as the most important relationship in my life. I would always sacrifice and leave myself for last.
Lately I realize how important it is to have a good relationship with myself and not forget that I am human being like everyone else.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Luso, I also would put myself last.

BUT...I know all those important people, like my parents, are a part of me and who I am. I wouldn't be able to have such a good relationship with myself had I not been instilled with their love, strength, character, and guidance.
1loop
1loop
In a way I agree with you TTMI729, all those relationships are very important, especially with my parents (and God knows how much I miss them, they are overseas. We skype frequently)...but if you don't have a good relationship with yourself, sooner or later you'll become miserable/depressed and that will affect every other relationship in your life.