1. Ensure that you spend quality time together – make time
for at least 30 minutes a day to be together alone. Once a month, break out for
a cosy, intimate evening together. Without quality time, your relationship will
not survive.
2. Money is the number one cause conflict in any
relationship. For a relationship to be healthy, you must address your finances
and work according to a a budget.
3. In any relationship, there will always be conflict and
arguments – it is part of life. However, it is how you deal with these conflict
or arguments that will make or break any relationship. Learn how to argue well
and how to resolve conflict.
4. Healthy communication is necessary. Listen to each other
and talk things out. Never let something crop up – spit it out immediately.
When he or she talks, show interest. Communication is not only there to address
the negative things, but also to share the good and intimate things in life.
5. Show appreciation for each other. It is also the little
things can make a big difference. Just a ‘thank you’ will do wonders. Give
compliments when compliments are due – do not take things for granted.
6. Mutual trust is important. Trust him when he goes out on
a fishing trip with his friends. The same, let she go out and have tea with her
friends. Mistrust and suspicion are like cancer, devouring one from the inside.
7. Share equal responsibility for the household chores and
children. One person alone cannot cope with all the household chores and
responsibilities of raising children. We must assist in alleviating the burden.
8. A good relationship thrives on intimacy. Make time for quality
intimacy. Seduce each other, be lovers, irrespective of how old the
relationship is. Be naughty sometimes!
9. Be the shoulder for your partner to cry on. When he or
she had a dad day at the office, let they pack out, although you may not be
able to solve the problem. Let they unwind otherwise all these things will just
crop up.
10. Hug each at least once a day and whisper those magic
words into each other’s ears ‘I love you’!
