How to Keep a Relationship Hot!
Posted on January 23, 2009
Are you and your mate getting bored. You don’t want to breakup. You are still in love, just tired of the same old thing. Here are a few things you can do to keep things interesting.
Physical contact. This can be in the form of many different things. Cuddling on the couch, spooning in bed, back or body massage, or simply holding hands and being close by the coffee machine. When relationships get old, we tend to forget how nice it is to just touch.
Forget about the peck. The longer you are together the shorter the kisses get. Instead of just a peck on the lips on your way out the door, try to make the kisses last longer. You don’t need full fledged make out sessions, but try and kiss for 10 seconds or more and see how much more exciting a simple kiss can be.
Try something different on a date. Instead of just going to dinner and the movies, or hitting the local dance club or bar, do something different. Go to a mystery dinner theatre or on a scavenger hunt. Sign up for a couples adventure race. There are lots of things you can do that are off the beaten path. Make some new memories.
Talk about the old times. It is good for a relationship to reminisce. Talk about your first date, your first kiss… or any other first time thing. Remember how fun it was and how exciting your trip to spain was, how much you enjoyed that treasure hunt date he/she took you on, how that one time you fell in the river and embarased yourself and the only thing that made it better was that your partner jumped in straight after you getting just as wet. Just talking about it will bring back some of those old feelings.
Spoil each other. Make it a plan that you spend as much energy as possible just spoiling each other. Breakfast in bed, foot rubs, clean the dishes. Make it a goal to try to outdo each other and see who can make the other the most spoiled. Doing nice things for each other will bring you closer together and make you want to continue to spoil each other.
Don’t let an old relationship go stale. It won’t only always come back on its own. With a little excitement and something new, the “same old” won’t be the “same old” for long.
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