Gallery: 6 Things You Need To Have BEFORE A Relationship

Let’s get deep for a sec. Have you ever wondered if you’re a love addict before? It might sound like an odd question, but it’s worth investigating. While there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be in a relationship, sometimes, what we don’t realize, is it’s not so much that we “want a man”. It’s that we’re scared to death of being alone. And so, we’ll do whatever just to be with someone else.

We’ll have sex too soon. We’ll lower our standards. We’ll agree to be with someone we’re not really feeling just to have somebody to be with. Bottom line (and ugh), we’ll settle.

You can click here to check out 40 signs that you are addicted to love more than you actually want to be in a relationship (don’t be too hard on yourself as you read the list; we’ve all been there before). But if everything checks out and you’re not one, and you simply feel it’s time to build with another person, make sure you have these things in place. FIRST.