In healthy relationships, both partners recognize and appreciate change. Both partners have established healthy, comfortable limits based on their own standards. There is a balance between togetherness and the separate lives of each partner. Some relationships may contain unhealthy characteristics. One or both partners may be jealous and demand complete devotion.
Control is another unhealthy characteristic.
One or both partners may need to dominate the other person and the relationship. Selfishness may be a part of an unhealthy relationship. Selfishness is taking care of one's own comfort, pleasure or interest excessively or without regard for others. The last characteristic that may exist in unhealthy relationships is abuse. When unhealthy characteristics exist within a relationship, partners may choose to work toward making the relationship healthier.