What do you consider the bare minimum within a relationship?

[Anonymous]

What things, acts, words etc do you consider the bare minimum you should be contributing to a relationship where you are living together or dating exclusively?

[Summeroflove]

If someone is putting bare minimum into a relationship why would you want to be with them?

If someone is only putting bare minimum into me. I’m not going to put my maximum into them. I’m sorry. That’s not how it works with me.

[BarryLiverstone]

Minimum would be some communication, being polite and just showing up on dates

[Asker]

Good job 🙌 I like that communication comes first , then action afterwards

[BarryLiverstone]

Ty. No communication then no healthy relationship. And yes, words set expectations and actions complete those promises

[arodriguez664]

Basic standards for friendship. Talk to me, laugh with me, hangout with me, and be kind to me. After that I'd say honesty, and being a good listener.

[RavVid]

Aside from sex? Do you mean in terms of rent/food (if cohabiting) or dates (if dating) OR what you bring in inter-personal ways?

If the later I would say being NICE is the bare min.

If the first side of the OR I would say it depends on your relative incomes. I'm upper 5%tile and if the other side of the OR is of value to me I will recognize your dollars are not my dollars. If we earn about the same then I would expect 50/50.