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Why Trust And Relationships Should Coexist
Trust and relationships go hand in hand: Nurturing trust is the key to happy relationships.
With trust and relationships, you really can't have one without the other. Almost every type of relationship is doomed to failure if the parties don't demonstrate integrity in their mutual dealings.
For example, if you purchase some item from a retail shop and it proves to be defective, you rely on the seller to be honorable and give you a replacement. However, if you find that the seller refuses to do so or attempts to renege on a verbal agreement, you won't trust that seller and won't buy from him in the future. You don't find him worthy of your trust.
The same situation exists in parent-child relationships. Parents generally teach their kids to earn trust by demonstration. If the child tells the parent he's going to be at the library, but is discovered to be at his girlfriend's house, the element of trust is compromised and must be rebuilt.
It's easy to see that trust and relationships do indeed go hand in hand.
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With the untrustworthy seller, this ends the relationship. The errant child learns a lesson in trust and relationships and the parents continue to nurture trust. When it comes to couples in a serious relationship, or marriage, most people aren't willing to simply throw the relationship away.
The emotional attachment is great enough that couples are willing to work towards developing and regaining trust.
In romantic relationships, the issue of trust often comes up in terms of fidelity, which can be one of the most difficult of trust and relationship matters to resolve. If your spouse betrayed your trust by promising to pay the phone bill and then not following through, this is more a case of irresponsibility or perhaps forgetfulness.
Such issues can be easily resolved and don't threaten the viability of the relationship. If you were to discover your spouse was unfaithful to you, it would be devastating.
There are several options with which you might work through this scenario. A person who shows they are generally trustworthy in character, but fell down on this most basic aspects of trust and relationships, must have a reason. Painful as it might be, if you hope to salvage the relationship and rebuild the trust you once took for granted, you'll have to talk it out between the two of you.
In some cases, a professional marriage counselor might work for you. The counselor has seen it all and can offer insights and solutions. Such counselors serve as mediators and know how to direct communications between the two of you to guide you through the process of restoring trust and going on from there.
In some cases, if one partner is insecure, they may be constantly accusing the other of infidelity, when this is not the case. This one-sided lack of trust can prove frustrating to the innocent spouse and eventually drive them away. If this is your case, self-help books may provide insights on insecure personalities, which will allow you to understand how to help your insecure partner feel more secure.
When trust and relationships do not coexist, you need to address the lack of trust and the reasons why, sooner rather than later. It's a wonderful state indeed, when you have this magical component of trust, a relationship must-have.
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