Make your partner a priority. Take time to be alone together. Spend time doing something meaningful and something that is fun. Pay attention to one another.
Communicate love in the "LANGUAGE OF THE RECEIVER." Learn what your partner understands as "love." Show love = action -- Say love = words of love and affection.
Learn to listen and hear what your partner says. Turn off TV, telephone, and save time for communication. 10 to 15 minutes a day. Learn to dialogue.
- Listen
- Repeat what you heard your partner say
- Check it out = "Is that what you meant?" Once you get the "yes" answer from your partner then
- Make your statement
- Repeat process above
Compliments are the oxygen of relationships. Pay your partner at least ONE sincere compliment a day. Tell your partner what you cherish and appreciate about who s/he is as a person, i.e., a good provider, thoughtful, etc. Tell your partner what you value about him/her. Compliment his/her work, looks, being in your life.
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