5 TRIED-AND-TRUE TIPS FOR BUILDING INTIMACY IN A RELATIONSHIP

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If you want emotional closeness, being intimate is a huge part of how to strengthen your relationship.

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THE LOVE-MAKING MYTH

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THE SEX CHALLENGE

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Intimate love is critical for our emotional closeness – and prioritizing it is one of the #1 pieces relationship advice for couples.

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Marriage isn’t simply a one-and-done ceremony. You don’t just say “I do” and your work is done. It’s a daily choice to love another.

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Love is a verb

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5 TRIED-AND-TRUE TIPS FOR BUILDING INTIMACY IN A RELATIONSHIP

If you want emotional closeness, being intimate is a huge part of how to strengthen your relationship.

THE LOVE-MAKING MYTH

Once you’re married, you make love all the time. Right? That’s what I thought, at least.

THE SEX CHALLENGE

As we debated on how much sex we really had, a challenge popped in my head. For me, I love a good challenge. So my husband thinks we don’t make love enough? Fine – 7 day challenge accepted.

Intimate love is critical for our emotional closeness – and prioritizing it is one of the #1 pieces relationship advice for couples.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP STRONGER

Marriage isn’t simply a one-and-done ceremony. You don’t just say “I do” and your work is done. It’s a daily choice to love another.

It’s hard to stay emotionally distant when you physically connect on a daily basis.

Love is a verb

Love is an action – it’s intention, every day, to choose to love your partner, and to show it.

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