How do you make a relationship work out fine?

There is a lot of serious work and effort that go into making a relationship work, that is why before you even think you want to put in effort and the work, your special person must be willing to do the same. Put in a lot of effort. Real love has labour attached. You should both be actively trying to better the other’s life — the suggestion about anticipating needs is solid. Empathize and put yourself in their shoes and ask what you’d want done for you, and go do that thing. The longest and best relationships I’m aware of have all had a lot of work put into them. Talk about things as soon as they’re things and before they are problems, but give yourself some space to think it over before saying something. I like to set irritations aside for at least 24h; sleeping on it either reveals something as trivia not worth mentioning, or gives me time to figure out what some constructive, compromise-oriented solutions might be.