With creativity!!! Think of it as a little plant that needs water every day, you know?

I thought i fell in love once, and i was constantly concerned with Keeping that feeling.
What i know now is that if it is true love, as long as you have good communication that feeling will always be there.

I truly believe that the man i am now with is my soul mate.

Keep talking to each other.

Don’t keep secrets.

Explore new things together. Go to a movie, go to the ballet, go to some crazy art exhibit, learn a language, take a cooking class, go out to dinner at a restaurant you’ve never tried before.

I believe that true love is self-perpetuating. Just don’t let your lover move away without going with them. Trying new things, laughing and learning are great as well. If you’re not there, one of you is in danger of losing the feeling. Is it right to lose the feeling with distance? I don’t know. It happens. I still love her though.

Choose to fall again, every day.

By loving someone, it means you are committing to them even in the bad times. I look at my boyfriend and remind myself why I am in love with him. It’s something that I work on but it’s worth it.

Keep a watch on:

Routine: Nothing kills love faster than that, and it doesn’t mean you and him doing the same day after day, it means you returning to the routine before being a couple, when both start to do that you again start to diverge and one day you’ll wonder where you stoped being “the two of you” to became “to each its own”.

Communication: It’s amazing the first time you discover you can spent a whole lot of time without need to use words, but despite that, words are important, and saying what worries you and your feelings is important too. Maybe you had a bad day at work and full of anger and keep it to yourself but with a long face and an evasive look, he won’t know that until you tell, he can think wrongly you’ve something against him, those seeds you better don’t sow, speak out.

Different upbringings: Make space for differents ways of showing affection, understand it, talk about that, we are all raised by different types of families, and different ways of showing affection or accepting from others.

The Past: This is a NEW relationship, however you may think you EARN a DEGREE on your last one, don’t prejudge, don’t live this new relationshiop in function of past errors, yours or theirs, it would en the same if you do.

Body conscious: If he loves you, he loves you for yourself, you, your mind, your body, don’t let your fear of your own invented shortcomings to keep him away, be yourself, he fall in love with you, not with someone else.

Stress: If both have a busy schedule soon or later the stress is going to show up at bed with both of you, understand that, don’t start to “invent” affairs that maybe are not there, no interest on sex? offer a massage, enjoy just being together, don’t push it.

My two cents.

Well, the feeling isn’t a constant emotional high. I think of it as going on long vacations. The googly-eyes-can’t-get-enough-of-each-other phase comes and goes. Like vacations, they would become boring eventually just because they were the norm. To be clearer, I have known people who are so used to drama that it becomes tempting to mistake “good function” for “boring”. Those would be my first thoughts.

Someone else mentioned learning something together and I think that is an AWESOME piece of advice. Also, be willing to learn something new about your partner (ask questions, if needed) and also to let them learn something new about you.

When you don’t see eye-to-eye (it happens in every relationship) try not to say anything you’ll regret as tearing each other down is THE fastest way to lose every bit of goodwill (much less good feeling!). And when mad, take a small break from it to remember all the positives about your dear one.

Show selflessness. When you get yourself out of the way, it’s so much easier to really love someone else. And when you choose to love someone that way and show it, the feelings grow a LOT! When your partner knows and feels that love from you, their love and good feelings grow for you too! :-)

2 things 1. honesty…which means no secrets, and telling your loved one everything and anything (including him or her) that may be bothering you.

2. Affection: Holding hands, surprising him/her with kisses…touch in general has the power to transform any bad situations into a happy moment. If you find yourself fighting with your loved one…a single hug and the words I love you will settle any animosity between you two. TRUST ME!

I don’t know, for me, it’s kind of natural to some extent. Yes, sometimes we get into ruts and sometimes we get annoyed with each other… But when we fall asleep next to each other and I wake up and he’s the first thing I see… I can’t even describe the feeling I get. It’s happiness, it’s relief, it’s love. For some reason I just get this over whelming feeling of love for him when I open my eyes and he’s sleeping next to me. It’s like seeing him for the first time all over again… I don’t know why it is that way, but I wouldn’t change it for anything. :)

PUT THE OTHER PERSON FIRST ALL THE TIME! Give 100% of yourself and you can never say you didn’t try if things in the relationship don’t work out. But makes sure they know that you require them to give 100% also…

Just remember, no two people are alike.

There are five Love Languages>

1. Physical Touch
2. Quality Time
3. Receiving Gifts
4. Words of Affirmation
5. Acts of Service

Everyone is different. I’m Physical Touch and Reciving Gifts while Mark is Physical Touch, Quality Time, and Words of Affirmation. I have to constantly remember how he differs from me and what he requires to fill his “love tank.” Check out the books by the same name.

It’s nearly impossible to keep it alive!

in love there are good times and there are bads you musent give up during the bad times you have to fight and never give in because they cant last forever and after you get through the bad times youll find that the whole experience made that love grow even stronger. through the darkness there is a light that will lead you through the night. keep on following that light and it will only get brighter but if you let the darkness bring you down then you will be consumed by it.

I had to think about this awhile before answering…
Personally I find being in love one of the most invigorating and important things that has ever happened to me. Not only has my partner and I grown as a couple, but we’ve also come a long way through our own personal issues. Because our relationship is so meaningful and healthy for us, we’re giving absolutely everything to keep it working.
We have long conversations about our differences, feelings and fears any time we need it. And we won’t stop until all things are settled. We’ve been together for over a year now and we can’t believe how much we’ve grown and we can’t wait to see how much closer we’ll become!
Basically, both of us are keeping the feeling alive just by keeping us alive. We love that we’re together and that we’re both giving everything to keep it that way.
I asked my partner this question. He agreed with me and added that it’s so exciting for him because the longer we stay together the more he gets to know me and then his love for me gets deeper and deeper with everything we do (even if something bad happens).
For the record, I feel exactly how he does. =]
I hope this helps!

with love, of course. :] remember why you love this person, that they’re special, and just especially made for you. :] THE BEST ADVICE: During the bad times, remember the good ones.

There ARE going to be bad times, its inevitable. But just be sure to make more GOOD memories than bad. And communicate.