Habits Of Happy Couples

• They go to bed at the same time.
• They cultivate common interests. 
• They walk hand in hand.
• They focus more on what their partner does right than what they do wrong.
• They embrace when they see each other after the workday or other activities.
• They trust and forgive.
• They say "I love you" and "Have a good day."
• They say "Good night" every night.
• They call or send a message to their partner during the day. 
• They feel proud of their partner.

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Summer Date Ideas

Summer means great weather, tons of time spent outdoors and the shedding of layers. Make sure every second of your summer romance is spent actually romancing your sweetheart, not hemming and hawing over plans, with these Summer Date Ideas...

Stargazing Picnic

Make dinner, grab some bug spray, and head outside or up to the roof to eat under the stars. You can make it romantic by setting up lights, pillows and blankets—your own romantic rooftop fort. Make a playlist for the occasion as you lie back and try to point out as many constellations as you can. It's the perfect setting for a perfect kiss.

Fly a Kite

Kite flying is a great activity date for the couple who wants to get outside but isn't too sporty. It's a fun throwback to being a kid, just active enough to keep things interesting but not so consuming that it prevents you from maintaining a conversation. You'll have a good time laughing together while trying to get your kite in the air (it's surprisingly difficult!), and once it's up, you can kick back and watch it fly while date conversation flows effortlessly.

Attend a Fair or Festival

A fair is a great summer date spot, because it combines all kinds of date activities in one location: food, activity, people watching, and just walking around. You can learn a lot about your date based on their fair preferences: do they like the rides, or prefer the animal showcases? Be sure to hit up the carnival games for some friendly competition, which studies show is one of the most important elements of a date and naturally leads to flirting.

Go for a Bike Ride

Here's a recipe for a totally original summer date that's fun, easy and promotes real bonding. Ingredients: 2 bikes & 1 portable boom box. Bump your favorite summer tunes and ride around the celebrating the season for all to see. Guaranteed "awwwwww" generator.

Brunch and a Matinee 

Dinner and a movie? Been there, done that. What about brunch and a matinee? You and your date can indulge by sleeping in, enjoying a nice, leisurely brunch then catching an afternoon flick. If you're on a budget, matinee tickets might come with a discount. A meal, a movie, and then hours of the day left to relax as a couple? Truly priceless.

Now you have some great summer date ideas. But do you have a date?

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16 Interesting Facts about the "Kiss"

1. When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.

2. Dopamine can also make you lose your appetite and make it hard for you to sleep.

3. Two thirds of people tilt their head to the right when they kiss. (German researcher Onur Güntürkün discovered this after spying on 224 couples kissing in public places in the United States, Germany and Turkey.)

4. Kissing helps us work out if someone is a good match. (According to biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, we tend to prefer people with particular biological profiles. Trading saliva is one way to figure out if someone is a good fit.)

5. When you kiss someone your heart beats faster and more oxygen reaches your brain. All thanks to neurotransmitters epinephrine and norepinephrine which promote the fight-or-flight response.

6. And it makes your pupils dilate. (Which might be why we usually close our eyes.)

7. Endorphins released during kissing bring on waves of euphoria. You can thank your pituitary gland and hypothalamus for this natural high.

8. The muscle you use to pucker your lips is called the “orbicularis oris”. And the shape you make with your mouth mirrors that of a breastfeeding baby, hinting at one possible way that kissing evolved.

9. Nachküssen is a German word that means “a kiss to make up for those that have not occurred”.

10. Kissing triggers the release of oxytocin in your body. Often called the “love hormone”, though that’s not all it does by a long stretch, oxytocin is involved in developing feelings of attachment. It’s thought to be what keeps the love in a relationship alive long after the initial honeymoon period (and dopamine spike) is over.

11. More kissing in a relationship is related to how satisfied people say they are in that relationship.

12. Women tend to rate kissing as more important in relationships than men do.

13. The world record for the longest kiss stands at well over two days. (It’s held by Thai couple Ekkachai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranarat who set it in the run up to Valentine’s day last year, with a kiss lasting 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds.)

14. Your lips have a disproportionate number of nerve endings compared to other parts of your body.

15. When your lips touch someone else’s 5 out of 12 of your cranial nerves are engaged.

16. Over time, kissing lowers your levels of stress hormone cortisol, making you feel all safe and secure. (The longer you’ve been with someone, the bigger the decline.)

Making a Good First Impression

Here's how to make an impression on every one you meet:

Know the News: Current events are automatic chitchat topics. Know the deets on that interesting new study that just came out. (But do stay away from politics) Goodbye, awkward silences!

Be the First One to Smile and Make Eye Contact: You may be more willing to smile back at someone if they make the first move, but you'll meet way more people if you take a pro-active approach. Find someone who's not currently engaged in a conversation and looks approachable, and look their way. If they grin back at you, that's a green light to head over there and start chatting.

Make Your Intro Memorable: Try a 7 to 9 second greeting, including your name and - instead of your job title - one reason you're passionate about what you do. If you say something compelling about what you do - rather than just rattling off your title - you'll strike up a much better conversation.

Pretend the Person You're Talking to is the Only One in the Room: There is nothing more off-putting and insulting to people than to have someone talking to them and looking around to see who else is in the room. It might sound obvious, but you know you've had someone do this to you—so don't let yourself be guilty of this the next time you go to an event. Same goes for checking your phone mid-conversation

Open Up About Yourself: If all you're doing is asking questions, that gets tiring, and people may think you're nosy, instead ask that person about him or herself and comment on their responses, but also go ahead and share your own stories. Be sure to keep it upbeat and focus on topics that will keep the convo going so that you don't come off as too self-obsessed. As long as you're giving them room to respond to what you're saying, you're good.

5 Expert Ways To Be Truly, Madly, DEEPLY Happy With Yourself

Happy relationships all depend on how happy you are with yourself. So how happy are you?

 

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