Retaining the Romance in Your Relationship

It’s the intent of many people to have a healthy, long-lasting relationship. One of the keys to a sustainable relationship is maintaining the mutual satisfaction of both partners and that can mean taking steps to ensure that the romance stays alive for the long haul. Here are a few fun and easy tips so that you and your partner keep the desire alive and go the distance.

Schedule Some Spontaneity

It might seem counter-intuitive but please hear us out. This list of ways to keep the spark in your relationship says that sometimes the best means of having spontaneity in a relationship is actually by scheduling regular times for sex. By making the time for intimacy and sticking to it, you’re already halfway there! Once you’ve scheduled your time for sensual moments, you can work on adding the spontaneity by surprising your partner with a sweet gift or sending flirtatious messages or sexts throughout the day until you can see each other. Which brings us to our next point…

Spice Things Up Virtually

As we hinted at in the previous entry, sexting can be a great way to keep a little bit of spark in your relationship when you don’t have the time to be with your partner as much as you’d like. A study on the sexting habits of US adults found that 56 percent of those surveyed said that the activity improved their relationships. Some sex and relationship experts are supporters of titillating texting and cite it as a fun and exciting way to maintain interest between partners until the time is right.

Keep Trying New Things

It’s no secret that sometimes you have to try something new to keep from falling into a romantic rut. However, an article on reigniting the spark in your relationship explains that something new doesn’t necessarily mean something ridiculous. According to the writer (she’s an assistant professor of psychology at Villanova), simply taking the the time to change things up a bit helps to “expand the ways that you think about yourself and your relationship.” Start small and try something simple that’s still outside of both of your comfort zones. This could be trying a new food together, starting a project you can both work on or beginning a fitness plan. Anything that can get you out of your set schedule can go a long way to keeping your relationship feeling fresh.

Ana Flagg is from New Jersey and is a free lance writer. She enjoys baking and cooking whenever she has free time. She also enjoys taking her two dogs out to the dog park every weekend.

Danielle is the owner of Today's the Best Day. She strives to provide creative and uplifting content in order to enrich the parenting experience for women everywhere. Danielle hopes to help you and your family to make every day the best day!

September 25, 2015 by Danielle Davis | 1 Comment