| It is a well known fact, that relationships lose their | | | | partner. Go out for a meal, to the movies, dancing, |
| fire after a while. The romantic moments, the | | | | the theatre, or have a candle light dinner at home. It's |
| butterflies in the stomach, the obsessive thinking | | | | important that you go to new places and do new |
| about the love object, all those exciting feelings that | | | | things that are unfamiliar for both. Take the dance |
| make you feel alive slowly dim down with time. Like | | | | lesson you always wanted or do a dive course |
| a campfire that runs out of wood. Most couples | | | | together". |
| come to accept that, after some years, everything is | | | | The more exciting the activity is you chose, the |
| 'the same old, same old...' But does that have to be? | | | | bigger is the positive impact on your relationship. Just |
| Researcher have studied this topic in great depth and | | | | make sure that your partner is not totally against the |
| found that there are ways to keep the fire in your | | | | activity. For example, you don't want to get me go |
| relationship alive. They figured that when people do | | | | bungee jumping with you. Nothing in the world would |
| something different, unusual, and exciting, the brain's | | | | bring me to bungy jump and we would have a pretty |
| reward system starts dispersing dopamine and | | | | heated argument on our hands. |
| norepinephrine into the brain. They are the same | | | | At the end all comes down to creativity, spontaneity |
| chemicals that keep firing when you 'fall in love'. | | | | and putting some effort into your relationship. |
| The recipe doesn't sound too difficult. If your | | | | If your relationship is in crisis, doing something exciting |
| relationship becomes stale take the initiative and plan | | | | and new together may not be enough to iron out |
| something exciting and new that you can do with | | | | the problems. You might have to search for ways to |
| your partner. Remember to mix up the time you | | | | resolve conflict together. However, if you relationship |
| spend with your partner. There are a few things to | | | | is humming along well, doing something new and |
| keep in mind: | | | | exciting will bring new sparks into your lives. |
| "Make time each week for a romantic date with your | | | | |