Some one has said, “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” It’s a big dream you all want to be true. But you can try to make sure your relationship never lose its glow by junking these relationship myths:

• Search for the soul mate: Therapists rue that there are many out there who have the concept of a soul mate so firmly embedded in their minds that they are constantly on the lookout for that perfect person. Whereas the truth is that the soul mate they’re looking around for might be someone right under the nose. And he is not Mr. Perfect. He is someone who disagrees with you as much as he agrees. Someone who loves you and someone who makes you hate him too. He is not perfect, but in many ways, always the perfect for you.

• The lust for the lust: The sexual escapades of movie stars make you believe that you’re the only left out in cold. But the truth is you will have to move these images out of your bedroom, the better will be your relationship. The lust aspect, though a strong point in a partnership, works more on the quality than the quantity ones.

• Love lasts forever: Studies prove that love will not last forever. At least not the heart stopping glance or the too excited to eat. That is always a temporary phase; what will take its place is a strong compatibility leading top a dependable companionship and unshakeable trust.

• Marriage will settle you down: Nothing could be farther from the truth. Marriage will not make you a different person, only a married person. If you’re going to marry someone just soon that he or she can stop you from getting into another relationships, there is no guarantee that they will.

• Great expectations from marriage: Relationship research shows that expectations lead only to disappointments. Expectations lead us to believe that our partners should behave in a certain way, and sound the death knell in the rosiest of relationships.