Love reminds you that nothing else matters.

- Amy Bushell -

Love, you know, seeks to make happy rather than to be happy.

-  Ralph Connor -

Life without love is like a tree
Without blossom and fruit.

- Khalil Gibra -

Love that is true never grows old.

- Elben Bano -

Love isn't blind; it just only sees what matters.

- William Curry -

Love is like a blazing flame,
golden and full of warmth.

- Ben Oliver -

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Asparagus

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 Basil

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Ti amo

Lu`bim ta

Inaru Taka

Ljubim te

Ich liebe dich

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                                              Couples

Relationships have their ups and downs and need a strong foundation to build upon. See below our tips for making a relationship last.

 

            25 TIPS FOR BUILDING A LOVING RELATIONSHIP. 

 

1. Without quality time, your relationship will not survive. Take out at least half an hour a night, and at least one day a month when you the two of you spend time exclusively together. Visit our Romantic Ideas to get inspiration on how to spend your free time.

2. You will both need security and comfort. A good relationship is built on compromise and a great deal of give and take on both sides.

3. Keep your dependence and independence in balance. Tell and show your partner how much you need them, but don't cling, as that can make your partner feel trapped.

4. Encourage them to listen to you, by showing appreciation when they do. By the same token, show interest when they talk to you. Check out some Relevant Reading and learn to how to communicate with each other.

5. Make them appreciate you. Don't wait for a spontaneous compliment, but say something good about yourself and ask for their agreement.

6. Teach your partner, preferably early in your relationship, exactly how to give you a fail-safe orgasm because it's unlikely they'll find out alone. If you don't yet know yourself, find out. See our Sex and After Dark pages.

7. Learn to do the one thing that is most likely to restore good feeling in your relationship - giving your partner a genuine, loving and approving smile.

8. Often those subtle quirks that first attracted you to your partner can, with time, turn around and become toe-curlingly annoying habits. Learn to love them, warts and all.

9. Hidden resentments poison a relationship; so if something bothers you, say it.

10. Learn that punishing your partner won't work. It may make you feel better to give them a hard time, but it will actually make them dig their heels in more. A better tactic is to reward the things you like and ignore what you don't like.

11. Money is the number one cause of couple conflict. For a relationship to work, you need to address your finances and work out a budget.

12. If the domestic work is not divided fairly between you, it will cause friction in your relationship. Make a list of the domestic tasks, talk it through with your partner and mobilise the whole family, your partner included, to share the work.

13. If you have children, involve your partner as much as possible with the childcare - even if you feel they are not as good as it at you. It's important to present a united front to your children.

14. Sort out your sex life. The sex may ebb and flow over the years, but if sex starts going downhill, don't just accept it. As soon as you notice a slide, question why and then work at bringing the passion back. Our Sex page has hints and tips to get you started.

15. Don't assume you won't be tempted to have an affair as almost everyone is. You need to learn to resist. If you do stray, don't feel it spells the end of your relationship. Most couples recover, particularly from a one-night-stand, and often find that unrooting the cause of the affair helps them to get even closer. So, you need to learn to resist. But don't think that an affair is the end of everything.

16. Remember that boredom typically covers up anger. If you feel bored with them, ask yourself what you're angry about.

17. Be aware that men generally feel overwhelmed by emotion more than women do. If he's angry or tearful, half an hour's 'unflooding' time to himself will help get his balance back and make him more able to interact positively with you.

18. Learn how to argue well. The trick is to never say anything that you wouldn't want to hear said to you.

19. Research suggests you need five positive experiences to erase the memory of one negative experience. So give five kind words for each bitchy comment. Give five hugs for each cold shoulder.

20. Learn how to negotiate. Each of you states what you want, then both of you work together to find a way forward.

21. Accept the things that won't change. Some characteristics about your partner are there for life - and you have to face that.

22. Learn to forgive. If you know you will never forgive your partner over something important, then give them - and yourself - a break and start again, with someone else.

23. Realise that the two of you will shift and change over the years. So, even if you think you understand them, or believe you have agreements sorted, check regularly - at least once a year - to make sure that neither of you has changed your mind.

24. Know when to leave. If your life aims are incompatible, there are heavy drugs or violence around, or if there is consistently more pain than pleasure, then walk before the relationship destroys you.

25. Don't think that going to counselling equals failure. It can turn a bad relationship around. It can turn an average relationship into a brilliant one. For more information visit Advice/Counselling.

 

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