Relationship must-haves
All Woman, Relationships
 on August 4, 2016

Relationship must-haves

By VANESSA E CHAMBERS 

What are the absolute essentials that you must have in a relationship?

Angie:

He has to know how to dress. If he can’t complement me when we are out, then it’s no use.

Dalton:

I have seen some men out with some pretty dunces, bragging about how they look good. Looks aren’t everything, but intelligence/brainpower says a lot for me.

Toya:

He has to know how to communicate, and I don’t mean taking me out and spending the entire time on his phone texting or on phone calls. He has to know how to communicate to me and with me.

Brian:

She has to know how to conduct herself as a lady. This loud Coronation Market-style behaviour doesn’t work for me.

Whitney:

He has to have a job. I’m allergic to a lack of ambition.

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