20 signs you are really, truly, finally ready for a relationship

7. You honor your bigger “self.”

When you understand who you are — as a human, in relation to God or your spirituality — and when you are able to consider the “other” without compromising or obsessing about “me,” you are setting yourself up to live a healthy, beautiful relationship.

— Christopher L. Smith

8. You’ve tossed your list.

I know my clients are ready for love when they don’t come to a session with a rigid set of expectations and a laundry list of must-haves and deal breakers. They simply want to find someone wonderful to love and share their life with.

— Julianne Cantarella, MSW, LSW