If you want to have a mature dating relationship, then you really need to learn the art of compromise and communication. When it pertains to who makes all the decisions in your relationship, if there is only one person who is always making all of the decisions then you really are not participating in a mature dating relationship. Communication is one of the key foundation building blocks of a mature dating relationship. You both need to feel safe and secure that you can be open and honest about your feelings and you need to communicate well with each other and be able to express your feelings in a mature way. If you want to have a mature dating relationship, you also need to embrace one of the other key factors, which is compromise. Do you always want your own way and if you don't get your way, do you throw a temper tantrum? If you do, then you are not participating in a mature dating relationship. We all need to take responsibility for our actions and not to blame our partner for our own behavior and our own lack of happiness.



When it comes to the fact of who decides where you are going to go out on your dates, you need to work together. If one person is always going to be the deciding factor and not working together to compromise, then you have a problem and you are not experiencing a mature dating relationship. Of course we all have different personalities and some people like to be assertive and to take control, while others are not so assertive and like to have someone make decisions for them. Then there are those who are in the middle of both personalities. If you want to have a mature dating relationship, you need to fully accept your dating partner and whichever personality he or she has. If you do not unconditionally accept your partner's personality type, then you will have a problem and won't have a mature dating relationship. For those who have the assertive personalities, they usually date people who are less assertive because, as mentioned, they like control. These assertive people like to make the dating choices in the relationship; this is not a mature dating attitude. The less assertive person usually dates a person who is more assertive and this less assertive person is usually fine with going along with the decisions of his or her more assertive partner; this is not a mature dating attitude. The most mature dating attitude is for both partners to work together and compromise on tough decisions and to make decisions together. If you want to have a mature dating relationship, then take turns on who makes the decisions on where you'll be going out on the dates. This way, you'll get to learn what you both like to do and no one will become resentful about someone else making the decisions all the time. Working together can and will be fun and even if it's hard work, you'll definitely be experiencing a true mature dating relationship and will be growing as an individual and as a couple.