Dos
1. Respect individuality. It is important to keep in mind the fact that before being a husband or a wife a person is an individual first with his/her own perceptions and individuality.
2. Understand and feel the other person’s point of view. The cause of all arguments or fight between two individuals is the lack of sensitivity to understand the other person’s point of view. To avoid any disputes, therefore, it is essential to first understand both the persons’ way of observing things. You can always explain why you defy his/her way of thinking with sensible reasons.
3. Be a good listener. Try listen to him/her what she is trying to say even if you don’t agree to what he/she says. Listening to it first and then speaking out how you feel about it surely saves a lot of misunderstanding between couples.
4. Be friends apart from being mates. A time comes in peoples’ life when one needs a friend rather than a mate. Let him/her feel that you are not only his/her life partner but also a good friend. A good friend understands his/her friend and loves him/her the way s/he is.
5. Play your role properly. Be a good life partner. In the journey of life, while doing the routine course of life, do not forget your responsibility as a husband or wife. You can manage everything but a sour relationship can make your life unmanageable. Concentrate on how to make it sweeter as everything else can wait in life.
6. Keep the excitement alive. Work on how to improve the connubial life. It is a common practice especially among the women not to take care for their body anymore after marriage. But it is very important to look good if not for you as a wife but for your husband. Because, though it is a bitter pill to swallow, men get attracted by beautiful women and for this you as a wife need to maintain your look so that he doesn’t have to look for some other women to quench his thirst for beauty.
7. Learn that there is a huge difference between reality and fantasy. Sometimes, after marriage it happens that one of the two gets hurt finding some drawbacks of his/her partner as mate. But try to accept him/her the way s/he is. You need to live in reality not in a world of fantasy.
8. Discover what s/he enjoys and loves in you. Nurture that quality in you. Find out different ways of saying I love you.
9. Pamper him/her sometimes with whichever way you feel will be suitable. This may include buying a gift for him/her even if it is not a special occasion, wearing a good dress just for him/her, planning a movie or even sprinkling rose petals on the bed.
10. See albums together sometimes. Talk about those happy moments when you took the snap.
11. Plan to meet your near and dear ones with your spouse or invite them to your house. This will definitely be some inconvenience, but sometimes it helps. Loving each other hiding from the other people around is fun.
12. Go out together for a long evening walk. This will give you not only some quality time but also the opportunity to bridge the communication gap that is present if at all.
13. Reassure that you love him/her. Do it even though you feel there is no need of it since you both are married. Believe for sure that it helps to rejuvenate the relationship.
Don’ts
1. Don’t try be a perfectionist always and never expect the other to behave according to your wish.
2. Do not neglect your partner’s personal needs and requirements in the course of bringing up children.
3. Stop being a nagging wife or husband. Neither of you are a kid who needs guidance or suggestions all the time.
4. Don’t make him/her feel ignored or being taken for granted. A good idea to think about it is when you are bathing or is about to sleep. Think if you are ignoring him or his expectations. This will help to find out if there is anything wrong at all.
5. Do not be judgemental. Nobody is perfect in this world and no two persons can behave the same. If you try to accept this fact, life will be happier.
6. Do not compare him/her to anyone else. Never try it.
7. Don’t just say. Think before you speak anything rude and think if you can do without uttering those words.
8. Don’t pull yourself hard to play the role of a so-called housewife or a working husband. Try changing roles on holidays where the husband takes over the kitchen while the wife helps him in this. It’s fun, try this.
9. Don’t let the relationship get trapped under monotony. Innovate ideas to keep the fun and excitement alive. You can give nicknames to each other and can also change it every week but, of course, keep in mind that the other person likes it.
10. Don’t make your relationship a stereotyped one. Go on a date. Yes, plan a meeting outside and go to meet each other separately.
11. Don’t let the adventure dry, be innovative, and try new ways of loving your spouse. Surprise him/her. |