| It’s Valentines Day, and couples everywhere, especially engaged couples, are looking for a gift that represents their love for their partner.
Make a commitment to explore and to strengthen your relationship. More than just a promise, making a commitment means you will put effort into it.
Make a good marriage a great marriage.
The relationship should change and grow. Making the commitment to learn your partner’s likes and dislikes is a life-long process. Keep your communication open resolve conflicts in a caring manner.
With kids, jobs, bills, school and everything else that demands parents' time, couples need to find time to work on their marriage, too. A strong marriage makes the daily life routine easier. Try these tips to keep romance alive:
- Start each morning with a big hug
- Give twenty-second kisses at least once a day
- Leave cards and notes where your spouse will find them
- Telephone just to say, "I love you."
- Share the best and worst things that happened every day
- Listen with your heart
You don’t need a lot of time to show your affection and appreciation toward your partner. Here is a four-minute technique that can bring a couple closer and also work on effective communication.
There are two critical times of the day for couple communication:
- The first four minutes when waking in the morning and
- The first four minutes when you are reunited at the end of the day.
Use these minutes this way:
- one minute to embrace, kiss and tell how much you mean to each other
- one minute each to share the plans or the happenings of the day
- last minute to encourage and support each other in your individual efforts
(No controversial topics allowed during the four minutes – this is all positive.)
For more information on relationships, call 553-3000 or toll-free (877) 553-3001 or email info@heartlandfamilyservice.org
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