How To Be A Better Couple

10 steps to enjoying each other better...

1. Be realistic about each other.
Don't try to turn your partner into something he or she is not. Let's
face it, guys-there's only 1 Pamela Anderson in the world, and even she
has had her implants removed! Give your gal a break and understand that
her physical appearance is NOT going to change overnight with the help
of a few facials ! or treatments. And ladies, Brad Pitt has already
been taken, so you're gonna have to do with what your guy is like! Chill
out, love each other for what u are. There is more to your partner than
what meets the eye.

2. Always talk things out.
Now guys, I know this is not your fave pastime or mode of resolving
issues, but u know what? This works with the gals. Don't make assumptions
about each other's feelings. Learn to express yourself better so that
your partner understands what you're angry about, or hurt about, or even
happy about! When u stop talking to each other from the heart, it's the
beginning of the end.

3. Do stuff together.
Make an effort to do things together. Do some sports or involve
yourselves in some shared activities; something both of u enjoy or are
interested in. It could be as simple as watching movies together, or jus
strolling hand-in-hand down Orchard Road. Watch soccer with him once in a
while though the green patch on TV puts u to sleep in 3 seconds. And
guys, do give in if your gal asks for another day at window-shopping,
rather than suggest ! that she go out with her girlfriends for "that sort of
activities" instead. If you're spending more time with your friends
rather than with your partner, it's a warning sign that you're drifting
apart!!!

4. Meet each other halfway.
If he agrees to throw out that rotten T-shirt with the "The_Rock"
print, u shouldn't kick up much of a fuss if he asks u to keep your room
tidy. There's gotta be a little giving and taking in a relationship, so
learn to meet each other halfway.

5.Show your love
Buy her flowers or candy or perfume every now and then, even if u have
been together for years. It's wonderful to continue showing someone
that u care for him or her. Cook him a special meal, paint him a
Valentine's Day card. Knit him mini-socks he can't wear ( like for decoration
purposes => ), buy him a packet of milk for breakfast, or pack his
wardrobe for him...so he knows u can still be romantic and loving despite
having been together for quite a while.

6. Respect each other.
Stop making jokes about her hair or skin, or whatever it is u love to
laugh at. Ask yourself if she thinks if its funny. And if he has an
inferiority complex about his height, stop ogling at tall guys and make him
feel worse! Love is about respecting each other's feelings and being
sensitive to each other at all times.

7. Bury the past.
Stop bringing up the past. Gals..don't bring up the happy things about
u and your ex to your guy, it would jus make him jealous or unhappy.
And guys, don't talk about the happy times that u had with your ex or
mention about her in your every other sentence as it would make your gal
feel un-happy and she might think that u saying all this b'coz u are
going to get back with your ex or not interested in her anymore.

8. Sit on your jealousy.
All of us go thru' spells of insecurity at the beginning of the
relationship, but don't translate that insecurity into jealousy. If you're
going to go through your partner's mail and cupboard, and eavesdropping on
conversations, u know something is wrong - with u!!! Jealousy is like a
poison that slowly spreads thru' the relationship before finally
killing it. Trust your partner; love has to have trust in it.

9. Keep your commitments to each other.
If your partner is standing you up all the time and canceling dates and
breaking promises, u need to talk! If you're in a relationship, make
your partner your priority and don't disappoint them if u can help it.
It's really terrible when someone promises to take u to dinner, and then
calls to cancel it. Don't make promises u can't keep. If your partner
starts to feel that he/she is not important enough to u, u may just lose
him/her.

10. Be honest.
Honesty is not scowling at how awful she looks first thing in the
morning, or telling him that he has the biceps of a fly~! When we say "be
honest", we mean expressing your feelings clearly, not being bitingly
cruel. When you're hurt, say so, and when you're angry, tell him/her, w/o
getting hysterical. If u can't be honest with your partner, who can u
be honest with? If Love is also about honesty, and a relationship where
honesty doesn't exists probably it isn't worth it!




Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty
they merely move it from their faces into their hearts