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"10 Tips to a Happy Relationship!"
It's not working. Your relationship with your partner is not thesame. What can you do? These days more than 50% of all marriagesfail for some reason. Usually the marriages are because of toomuch criticism over money or the children.
Often when people break off their relationship, something ismissing. The "spark" has gone out of the partnership/commitment.
People who have been married a long time made a decision to lovetheir partner and work at their commitment.
Perhaps these 10 tips will help you spruce up and lighten upyour relationship.
1. Lighten up! Yes, don't get so serious all the time and breakthe tension. Poke fun at yourself and your partner.
2. No Arguments. You two may be different in your opinions inareas like politics and religion, avoid those topics. Talk aboutthings you enjoy and have in common.
3. Time For Each Other. Set up specific times when you can gettogether. It doesn't matter what you do; shopping, errands,movie, events. Put it on your calendar and make sure you keepthe appointment.
4. Start Over. Remember when you first met? What sparked therelationship? Were you doing new and exciting things together?Well, do it again.
5. Forgive Each Other. Before you forgive your partner, forgiveyourself. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves anotherchance. Get over it and get on with your lives.
6. Touch. Your body loves to be touched. Do it for your partner;play with their hair, rub their hand, a soft kiss, a pat on theleg, back rubs, foot rubs. But do it in an affectionate way, notsexual.
7. Some space. Being together all the time may be cramping youand your partner's style. Spend some time apart. Let him gohunting/fishing, while you go to the library or a concert.
8. Predictable. Same ole, same ole. Day after day. Bored? Acreative a habit? Or you get into a habit/schedule, break it! Dosomething on the spur of the moment. Surprise your partner anddo it together.
9. Secret Getaway. Plan a trip or a place, where the two of youcan be alone. Take your time and enjoy each other. Take it slowand make it romantic.
10. Communicate. A lot of times when relationships are havingproblems, the talk stops. Here is where you need to learn tolisten to each other. Each of you should be able to just talkabout anything and everything. Don't make any judgments. Listen.Let down your guard, no yelling or arguing. Just talk to eachother.
Hopefully these tips will get you on your way to improving yourrelationships.
Kathy Thompson is a writer, speaker, coach, who can help yousucceed in business and life with products, programs, andprofiles. Her "Links for Lovers" can help you improve yourrelationships now. ; coaching4u@faceuptoit-youcan.com
