Which unspoken relationship rule do you actually think matters most?

The age-old advice that you should always sort a row before the lights go out. Whether it leads to a midnight breakthrough or just two exhausted people glaring at the ceiling is another matter entirely.

Keeping at least some financial independence — whether that's a separate account or just your own rainy-day fund — is something many people quietly swear by. Love is grand, but so is being able to buy yourself a Greggs without explaining yourself.

The unwritten rule that you don't share every detail of your relationship with your mates, your mum, or social media. Some things between two people should just stay between two people.

The silent agreement that you both stay connected to your own social lives rather than merging into a single unit. Nobody wants to be the person who vanishes the moment they get a partner, only to resurface at the break-up.

Gratitude for the everyday things — making tea, doing the bins, remembering to buy the right biscuits — keeps a relationship feeling warm rather than transactional. Familiarity is lovely; taking each other for granted, less so.