You and I are in a relationship

Which Is important to me,

And I want it to be

Important to you, too.

Each of us

Is a unique person

With special needs.

You have a right

To meet your needs,

And I have a right

To meet mine.

Also,

We have the right

To our own beliefs

And values.

I’ll respect

Your rights,

And I want you

To respect mine.

When your actions

Interfere with my needs.

I’ll let you know

So that you can

Listen and possibly change.

When my actions interfere

With your needs

I want you to tell me.

Then I’ll listen and change

If I can.

When either of us

Can’t change to meet

The other’s needs

Let’s face our conflict

And solve it together.

I don’t want to lose

By letting you win,

And I don’t want to win

By, making you lose.

I want us to find solutions

That are acceptable

To both of us,

So that we both win.

By following this Credo,

We will like ourselves

And each other better,

And our relationship

Will grow stronger.

~Jen and Tony~