In a relationship both partners have the right to:

• Change their minds
• Be treated with respect
• Leave when they feel like it
• Share in decision making
• Talk things out
• Say ‘No’ to anything
• Have their own opinion
• Spend time with others
• Trust their partner
• To be free from violence
• Choose whom they want to see
• Be treated with honesty
• Be safe and feel safe
• Have privacy
• Control what they do with their body
• Decide how serious they want your relationship to be
• Be themselves
• Do what is best for themselves
• Expect more than a physical relationship
• Be treated with courtesy
• Express feelings and emotions (safely)
• Have an opportunity to explain themselves
• Communicate openly
• Defend themselves
• Maintain other relationships and activities
• End the relationship if they choose
• Be treated as an equal
• Defend themselves
• Maintain other relationships and activities
• End the relationship if they choose
• Be treated as an equal