
When it comes to romance, there's bad matches, lukewarm matches, a perfect match, and then there's an absolutely flawless match.
If you suspect that you might have encountered the holy grail of relationships, the flawless match aka Cupid's “platinum club” if you will, then you probably want some verification that what you found is real.
You Passed the Honeymoon Time Period and the Passion's Still There
Every relationship has a natural point in time in which it plateaus. This plateaus period is often described as the time in which a couple starts getting “real” and loses their glamour.
As you can imagine, passion and sex are infamous for dying off when the so-called Honeymoon Period ends.
There are exceptions, however few and far between, of couples who have shocked everyone by defying the relationship odds and gods and keeping the passion going long after they were supposed to. If you are a part of one of these magic couples, I salute you. And be assured, you have definitely found your perfect match.
You're Both Devastated Anytime You Have a Fight
Have you seen most couples nowadays and how they argue and fight? It's sad in both a tragic and pathetic sense.
Couples who are deeply in love cannot bear to sleep apart after a fight. Couples who aren't in love and maybe never were? They are like the many couples out there who sleep in different rooms on a regular basis by choice.
If you and your man cannot stand to exchange harsh words, and both of you get your little hearts broken when there's fighting in the relationship, it speaks volumes in a positive way about how the two of you really feel towards each other.
You Always Have Each Others' Backs
How two people respond when their mate is threatened/attacked/depressed/etc. tells you all you need to know about what kind of couple they are.
A woman who is truly devoted to her man will not tolerate anyone badmouthing him, even if it's her own family. Likewise, a man who is head over heels for his lady will be there for her anytime she calls, no matter what time of day or night.
You Accept Each Others' Faults
Couples that don't last are often couples that idealized and glamorized each other from the beginning. Couples that make it are the type of twosomes who eventually see their mate for who they really are, through and through, the entire human being behind the face and body they're so attracted to.
More than that, a lasting couple knows full well every major personality flaw their love is burdened with. After all, they are burdened with these flaws also and have to deal and put up with them regularly. Yet despite the knowledge of all these flaws, they stay together.
It is a true definition of love to see every part of a person, the good and the very bad, and accept it all without question or complaint.
You Forgive Each Others' Pasts
Couples that are flawless matches usually get it right early in the relationship by opening up about their pasts.
Whatever skeletons you and your man have in your closets need to be pulled out. This type of couple usually doesn't even blink when they're asked to disclose certain things to each other that they would never share with most people in their lives.
There's No One You'd Rather Spend Time With
It's a good indicator that you should have broken up with someone a long time ago when you dread spending time with them. If you have a day off from work, for example, you won't even look forward to it because you know you're expected to spend it with your partner.
A couple that truly belongs together doesn't have this factor anywhere in the relationship. Even though it's natural to need space, and a strong couple might go through that from time to time, more often than not they just want to be together.
Think about if you won a vacation to anywhere in the world you want to go for two weeks. Your flights, room and board, and all activities and shopping money will be provided and you won't have to spend a dime. There's two tickets, who do you bring? Your best friend? One of your parents? If you immediately thought about your mate and would bring them because you genuinely would want to and not out of pure obligation and expectation, that's a sign of a good relationship.
You Put Each Others' Needs Ahead of Your Own
This is the indicator so rarely seen that definitely shows you if you are witnessing a couple that are truly soul mates: selflessness.
We happen to live in a “me” society, where everyone seems to have adopted a every-man-and-woman-for-themselves attitude. So if you have stumbled into a situation where you love your partner so much that your own wants and needs don't seem like the most important things in the world anymore, you might just have found someone you're perfect with.