Great Expectations

We all start out each day with great expectations, don’t we? You hop out of bed and immediately start thinking of all the things you need to do or say, and start planning your day. Maybe you feel ambitious and think you can drop the kids off at school, finish that project at work, and finish laundry while you cook dinner for the family. Maybe today is the day you think that you’ll finally win the Lotto, and you can quit your job and go buy a small island somewhere in the Caribbean. Maybe your only expectation of today is that you are going to wake up alive and possibly go fishing if the weather holds. Point being – everyone has expectations.

You have expectations in relationships too. Every person has an…inner Charter of Fairness that details what is ok and what is not. Someone’s charter might read “it is never acceptable to be at home alone on a Friday night” while another persons might read “Someone who stands me up doesn’t get a second chance” or yet another’s might read “I don’t care if my girlfriend hangs out with her ex’s sister” or even “Anyone who eats the last ice cream bar and doesn’t replace it doesn’t get to come to the house again”.

So what are your relationship expectations? Do you have your own charter? Or…mate criteria? Do Tell!