Relationship checklist

Before you fall head over heels in love, it might help to stand back and do a reality check.

DATING can be a long drawn-out affair that fizzles into nothing, leaving you thinking, “Did I really spend the last six months with someone who is such a slob at home, doesn’t share my political views, doesn’t want to have children, watches too much TV, doesn’t have any savings, and doesn’t like pets?”