Thursday, February 10, 2011

From my new book, Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul, I present to you: "Fifty Ways to Love Your Partner" by Mark and Chrissy Donnelly.

1. Love yourself first
2. Start each day with a kiss
3. Serve breakfast in bed
4. Say "I love you" every time you part ways
5. Compliment freely and often
6. Appreciate--and celebrate--your differences
7. Live each day as if it's your last
8. Write unexpected love letters
9. Plant a seed together and nurture it to maturity
10. Go on a date once a week
11. Send flowers for no reason
12. Accept and love each others' family and friends
13. Make little signs that say "I love you" and post them all over the house
14. Stop and smell the roses
15. Kiss unexpectedly
16. Seek out beautiful sunsets together
17. Apologize sencerely
18. Be forgiving
19. Remember the day you fell in love-- and recreate it
20. Hold hands
21. Say "I love you" with your eyes
22. Let her cry in your arms
23. Tell him you understand
24. Drink toasts of love and committment
25. Do something arousing
26. Let her give you directions when you're lost
27. Laugh at his jokes
28. Appreciate her inner beauty
29. Do the other person's chores for a day
30. Encourage wonderful dreams
31. Commit a public display of affection
32. Give loving massages with no strings attached
33. Start a love journal and record your special moments
34. Calm each others' fears
35. Walk barefoot on the beach together
36. Ask her to marry you again
37. Say yes
38. Respect each other
39. Be your partner's biggest fan
40. Give the love your partner wants to receive
41. Give the love you want to receive
42. Show interest in the other's work
43. Work on a project together
44. Build a fort with blankets
45. Swing as high as you can on a swing set by moonlight
46. Have a picnic indoors on a rainy day
47. Never go to bed mad
48. Put your partner first in your prayers
49. Kiss each other goodnight
50. Sleep like spoons

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