10 Ways to Reignite Your Romance
Here are some useful tips on how you could find this romance and reignite your passion:
1) Try new activities and experiences together!
Take up a new hobby together such as pilates or scrapbooking. For the adrenaline junkies, there’s always scuba-diving and bungee-jumping!
2) Try rest and relaxation as a date.
Mindfulness, yoga, and meditation could help to bring you to a more peaceful and synchronized place in the relationship. It also helps in the relationship’s longevity.
3) Erase the dating scoreboard.
A bad habit of the dating realm is when people keep track of each others’ moves and contributions to the relationship obsessively, to the point where it hampers either partner’s ability to be themselves and simply enjoy one another’s company. So relax on the keeping up with the Joneses tendencies and accept the relationship for what it is. It is perfectly reasonable for a relationship to have ups and downs!
4) Find ample opportunities to laugh together.
Go for stand-up comedy nights with your special person or perhaps find a funny, romantic flick or sketch TV show to get the giggles going. Laughter is indeed the best medicine and brings loving hearts closer.
Talk about what you need from your date/relationship, not what you don’t need.
This is an excellent way to foster communication, and excellent communication is key to successful dating and healthy relationships. Talk about what your goals for the relationship are with your partner for instance.
5) Talk about the things you are thankful for!
You can do this by writing out a list of the things you are thankful for in life as well as your relationship. If you choose to do them separately, compare notes and see how many blessings you are grateful for in conjunction with your partner.
6) Try an exercise called ‘just like me’ with your partner.
Interestingly enough, this is an exercise thought up by a former Google engineer by the name of Chade-Meng Tan. He wrote a book called “Search Inside Yourself” (which is also the name of an accompanying emotional-intelligence course he created) in which he describes how he plays the game with his wife when they’ve just argued:
“I visualize the other person in the next room. I remind myself that this person is just like me, wants to be free from suffering just like me, wants to be happy just like me, and so on. And then I wish that person wellness, happiness, freedom from suffering, and so on.
“After just a few minutes of doing this, I feel much better about myself, about the other person, and about the whole situation. A large part of my anger dissipates immediately.”
Not only would you be more well-adjusted in the relationship, you’ll find greater solace and connection with your partner.
7) Learn something new about your partner.
Perhaps an old session of truth-or-dare could help you see a side of your dating partner you never knew. Being vulnerable from time to time helps the two of you feel more comfortable with one another as well as understand each others’ unique traits to feel more connected.
8) Go on a vacation to a location of your choice!
Taking some time off to go to that exotic location of choice could be the very thing that the love doctor ordered. Exploring a new haunt brings people together on an emotional and physical level! Do take some time to plan on what this location is beforehand to be on the same tangent.
9) Take up a class together!
This could be anything. Salsa dancing, rock-climbing, etc. Learning a new skill and helping each other get better at it strengthens your relationship in very positive ways.
“I think these are really great tips. Ultimately, I think it all boils down to you and your partner and the degree of connection you share. It depends on who they are. My advice is to do the things that you enjoy together. This could be romantic dinner dates, watching a movie, cuddling, etc.
However, in spite of it all, do make sure to give the other person enough breathing space.”
10) Make time for sexy-time
…need I say more?
Don’t let life get in the way of love. Always fan the flame of love.
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