QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF ABOUT A NEW DATING PARTNER

Can you state particular characteristics of this person that you like/admire?

Is partner glad you have other friends?

Is partner pleased at your accomplishments and ambitions?

Does partner ask for and give consideration to your opinions?

Does this person both talk and listen?

Is this person able to verbalize his/her feelings?

Does partner have a good relationship with his/her nuclear family?

Does this person have good friends?

Do you consider this person have interests besides you?

Do you consider this person a friend as well as a potential lover/mate?

Does partner respect your right to make decisions affecting your own life?

Does this person accept responsibility for his/her actions and not blame failures/negative results on others?

When angry, does he/she break or throw things?

Does partner lose his/her temper easily?

Does this person ask you about your past dating partners?

Does partner expect to be told where you have been when you are not with him/her?

Does this person think there are any circumstances in which it is okay for a man to hit a woman?

Is partner jealous of your friends or relatives?

Does partner think you are " cheating" on him/her if you talk to or dance with someone else?

Does partner get angry if you are not attentive to him/her?

Does he/she "take over" when you are having trouble doing something, whether you want him/her to or not?

Does partner silently sulk when angry?

Does this person drink or take drugs almost everyday, or go on periodic binges/

Does this person ridicule you or put you down?

Do you like yourself less than usual when you have been with this person?