Relationship Thoughts: Happy Valentine’s Day
👉❤️ Sending internet hugs and love out to all and everyone! Here’s the original Valentine’s Day poem from 1784: “The rose is red, the violet’s blue, The honey’s sweet, and so are you. Thou art my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou’d be you.”
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: An Argument is Between You and Your Partner
👉❤️ Stop involving everyone in your couple disagreements. It’s disrespectful and humiliating ( to your partner and yourself). You are also forcing the “outsiders looking in” who took sides into a difficult position once the two of you have made up. After the disagreement is over for both of you, your circle might not have gotten over it and now there is unnecessary tension in the air from people who Read More
Relationship Thoughts: Loving Touches Are Important
👉❤️ Physical touch is a requirement to show love and bonding in a relationship. Holding hands, a shoulder caress or an embrace goes a long way. Humans need connection. Touch reduces stress and anxiety. Humans need loving touches from those we are in partnership with.
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Right From the Beginning Make Rules About the Toilet Seat
👉❤️ Finding the middle ground in a relationship is such a key element and the toilet seat issue provides a great opportunity to get some practice in. Will he learn to put it down? Will she learn to look before she sits down? It might seem like a small matter, but it is a building block in how bigger relationships issues will be handled with compromise. If you can come Read More
Relationship Thoughts: Make a Couple Bucket List
👉❤️ Maybe it’s a travel destination, a team weight loss goal, or surfing lessons… make a list of some new and exciting things to try and do together as a couple. Hold each other accountable to completing the bucket list. When you finish the list, add some more items. Keep building and adding on to the unique creation of an “us.”
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Leave a Love Note on the Bathroom Mirror
👉❤️ A Post-It, a greeting card, some tender words written on a napkin and taped to the mirror. It’s amazing how the small gesture can make a great day better or make a bad day more bearable. Everyone needs a smile in their day, so leave your partner a random love note from time to time.
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Develop a Couple Language
👉❤️ Communication is vital in a relationship and sometimes the two of you will have to communicate with each other without the onlookers hearing or understanding. Sometimes it’s just a matter of “between us” looks, gentle touches, code words that allow two people to exchange thoughts that are exclusive to them only. SIDENOTE: these special communication techniques come in handy when your partner is ready to leave a social setting Read More