Can a relationship thrive if one person was raised off survival and the other was raised off of love? Me personally, I do believe it can thrive as long as each party is Understanding and very aware of their partner and how they were raised and how they move because of how they were raised That is something that you know, you can't change you can help them, you know, learn different ways, but some people are stuck in their ways now, so if the person raised off survival is stuck in his ways or her ways, it probably won't thrive.