Excellent Advice on Love :

It’s a common dilemma -- you have been with your partner for some time and the days of dates and flowers have dwindled into sitting in front of the TV set with nothing to say. Frankly, it’s become a bore. If your relationship has gone from red-hot to more of a dull gray, don’t fret… We have scoured the globe for tips on how to bring your couplehood back to its Technicolor brilliance.

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“My mother always uses the old cliché about not going to bed angry. And she adds that not buying an enormous king size bed helps; it's too easy to go to bed mad when you can put so much space between you. My parents have been together since they were in high school, so much as I hate it when she's right, there might be something to it,” Laura, 26, New York, NY“If you wouldn’t want them to do it to you, don’t do it to them. Pretty simple, but everyone seems to forget it too often.”
-- Mary-Ann, 48, Delran, NJ

“For goodness sakes, have sex. A sexless relationship is a doomed relationship. Have happy sex. Have make-up sex. Have mad sex. Do it even when you don’t want to, and watch how close you become. There is no fuss having sex with someone you love won’t fix. I should know, I have been married 51 years.”
-- Mitchell, 84, Dallas, TX

“A sense of humor can offset what may initially be a heavy talk about a topic that’s serious or sensitive. So can a hug and kiss right afterwards.”
-- Michelle, 35, New York, NY

“Be a decent human being. Hold their hand and surprise them with something they love every so often for no reason at all.”
-- Mary, 76, New Orleans, LA

“Don’t try to be right, try to make things right. If you mess up, admit it, accept it and work to make things better. Ego’s stay single forever.”
-- Steve, 32, San Francisco, CA

“Put the relationship first. It’s not only your life anymore.”
-- David, 38, New York, NY

“The key to any relationship is communication -- good dialog, being understanding and addressing concerns and issues as a team. Also, maintaining self respect will help your inner-self grow stronger, and will help in all aspects of your personal, love and even work life. Another idea is to try a "Relationship Suggestion Box" at home. It can be used for notes like, “I’d love to spend more time with you going for walks, out to dinners or loved the breakfast in bed.” Use it to request special favors too such as, “I'd love it if you took my father-in-law, friend or family member out to a movie, dinner and get to know him/her better." Things like that.”
-- Ali, 33, Washington, DC

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