<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:55:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>love</category><category>lasting love</category><category>relationships</category><category>staying together</category><category>intimacy</category><category>lover</category><category>Arielle Ford</category><category>Love Strategies</category><category>Valentine&#39;s Day</category><category>good intentions</category><category>interference</category><category>lovemaking</category><category>personal boundaries</category><category>questions for couples</category><category>soulmate</category><category>tips</category><title>My Lover&#39;s Secrets</title><description></description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-2765437995508601962</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-28T20:38:49.108-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Arielle Ford</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">relationships</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">soulmate</category><title>SoulMate Tip #1: Pay Attention To Signs</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;SoulMate Tip #1: Pay Attention to Signs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One morning five years ago, Englishman David Brown woke up with a cell phone number running through his mind.  Brown had no idea where the number came from, and sent a text message to it, hoping to solve the mystery.  He reached Michelle Kitson, who lived 60 miles away.  She had no explanation, but after several messages back and forth, they struck up a friendship that blossomed into love.  The two ended up getting married and have just returned from their honeymoon in India. &quot;She really is the girl of my dreams,&quot; said Brown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/?action=view&amp;current=phone.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/phone.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This true story was reported this week in the magazine THE WEEK.  For me it&#39;s a clear reminder that we must remember to follow and trust our dreams and intuition AND that the Universe will often send us signs that will lead us to love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you ready to manifest your soul mate?  Is receiving this email a &quot;sign&quot; that it&#39;s now time for you to begin to &quot;prepare and learn how to manifest?&quot;   What can you do today to bring your soul mate to you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing you love, joy &amp; peace,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arielle Ford&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Next, I&#39;ll send you Soulmate Tip #2, &quot;A Soft Place to Land&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;re wondering how you can bring your soulmate to you, go &lt;a href=http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=2250875&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/soulmate&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soulmate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/relationships&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;relationships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/Arielle+Ford&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Arielle Ford&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turbotagger.brainbliss.com&quot;&gt;Turbo Tagger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/05/soulmate-tip-1-pay-attention-to-signs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-394678070178016454</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-27T10:45:42.368-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">good intentions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">personal boundaries</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">relationships</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">staying together</category><title>Good Intentions Gone Awry</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Good Intentions Gone Awry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have friends, neighbors, or family members that are interested in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;your&lt;/span&gt; relationship?  Are they a little &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;too&lt;/span&gt; interested? Then you&#39;ll want to read on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You could excuse them by thinking,&quot;Oh they &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;mean&lt;/span&gt; well.&quot;  They could excuse &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;themselves&lt;/span&gt; by saying, &quot;I really am concerned about you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a fine line between concern and meddling. It depends upon your tolerance level and your previous interaction with these individuals.  There are numerous reasons why someone would interfere in another&#39;s relationship. There are some individuals who do &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; have good intentions despite what they say to you. The purpose of this article is not so much to investigate that, as to determine how to handle interference of any sort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s about setting personal boundaries and taking back control of your own decisions.&lt;br /&gt;We don&#39;t have to understand someone&#39;s motivation entirely in order to know that it &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;feels&lt;/span&gt; uncomfortable. When&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt; it feels uncomfortable it&#39;s a clear indication that your boundaries have been violated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;trust&lt;/span&gt; the person who has offered his insight into your relationship?&lt;br /&gt;If you don&#39;t trust the person in the first place then you need to speak up immediately, and calmly but firmly, tell him that while you realize he is entitled to his opinion, the subject of your relationship is off~limits and you have no intention of discussing it further.&lt;br /&gt;If you do trust the person, you may want to be a bit more diplomatic. However, there is no reason to apologize for re~establishing your boundaries. The Assertive Bill of Rights gives every one of us the right to be free of the good~will of others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may want to add that you &quot;will take it under advisement&quot;.  This means that you will consider what they have to say but are in no way obligated to act on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regular interference, particularly by the same person, is not tolerable and will eventually come between you and your partner. It is important to recognize this before it causes you major trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the friend or relative has a legitimate point, you will know in time. Usually sooner rather than later. When  You suspect this is the case you will need to let them know that &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; will handle it on your terms and in your own time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If, however, the friend or relative is just meddling, a line has to be drawn right away.  If the person doing the meddling happens to the friend or relative of your partner then your partner should be the one to handle the situation. If he refuses, you might want to reconsider your relationship with your partner. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Your&lt;/span&gt; feelings must be part of the equation in your relationship.  If he is not willing to stand up for you and the relationship then perhaps he is not the person you want to be involved with.  Avoiding conflict does not make it disappear. This kind of thing tends to get worse over time, not better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&#39;t ever be afraid to speak up. This is your relationship.  You have the right to decide for what&#39;s right for you.</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/03/good-intentions-gone-awry.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-7729715143575456797</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-01-05T16:44:03.347-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lasting love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Love Strategies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lover</category><title>Love Strategies</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Love Strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The term &quot;Love Strategies&quot; sounds complicated, but it&#39;s not.&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s one of the easiest ways to understand your lover and be understood (and fulfilled) in return.  Getting to know &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; can be a relationship saver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s about knowing &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;how &lt;/span&gt; we &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; loved,&lt;br /&gt;exactly what &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;it&lt;/span&gt; is that makes us &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; loved.  &lt;br /&gt;These are called Love Strategies.&lt;br /&gt;Each of us is unique.&lt;br /&gt;Do you know your lover&#39;s Love Strategies?&lt;br /&gt;Could you identify your own?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people prefer to be &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;told&lt;/span&gt;, in various ways, that they are loved. The spoken word to them is their particular Love Strategy. &lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s what makes them &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; loved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now you might say, &quot;Telling me isn&#39;t enough. I need to be shown.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;This is the second Love Strategy. These individuals prefer to have love &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;demonstrated &lt;/span&gt;to them. In this case, actions do speak louder than words.  This would involve doing things for your lover. This could mean doing household chores &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;together&lt;/span&gt;.  It could be as simple as bringing her flowers when she least expects it, or leaving him a love note in his coat pocket. That is how they &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; loved. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Love Strategy is the preference for being touched. This does not have to be sexual touching. In fact, it really involves touching your lover in non~sexual ways first. A stroke to the side of the face. A touch of the hair. A tender hug. A grasp of the hand. It&#39;s been discovered that women need 8 to 10 meaningful touches a day just to maintain their emotional well~being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may be one of the people that requires a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;combination&lt;/span&gt; of these Love Strategies in order to &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; loved.  That&#39;s perfectly normal and quite common.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you don&#39;t know your lover&#39;s Love Strategies, just ask. We tend to love in terms of the way &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;we&lt;/span&gt; need to be loved. But if your loved one has a different Love Strategy than yours, they may not &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt; the love that you&#39;re trying to convey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;d like to know more about Love Strategies feel free to check out Gary Smalley&#39;s book &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-trategies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-5486071838946703889</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-17T20:00:31.711-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">intimacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lasting love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">relationships</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">staying together</category><title>The Gift of Love</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/?action=view&amp;current=lovers-3.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/lovers-3.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;The Gift of...LOVE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;by Leah Guy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Falling in love, being in love and truly loving yourself can be the most beautiful, devastating activity of your life! It will turn your world upside down and inside out. It&#39;s what we all want, yet resist with all our might. Why? Because it will heal you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;True love is revealing. It peeks through the nooks and crannies of your heart, your spirit and your body to see who you really are, and in that, previous agendas are null and void. Once love penetrates, it will soften you, and make you vulnerable. Your true self will surface - but you must LET it! If you deny this, in any way, pure love cannot fully work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To receive love, you must open yourself. In that opening you will rediscover long lost pains, awarenesses, secrets and memories of love gone by. It can be painful, but not to be avoided, as this is the place of healing. Hiding, manipulating, or being dishonest blocks pure love from flowing in OR out. To give love, you must offer it freely, with no preconceived ideas or expectations, accepting and nurturing what you see...and your heart will be healed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The healing Gift of Love allows ourselves to be loved in whatever condition we arrive. True love can do this, selfish love cannot. Unconditional love can do this, judgmental love cannot. With pure love, the pains of the past start to disappear. The coldness of your heart begins to melt. Resentments give way to forgiveness. And comfort soothes the loneliness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be on the receiving or giving end of this blissful love doesn&#39;t matter. Many say, &quot;You must first love yourself before you can love another.&quot; I say it usually happens at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share the Gift of Love with another, and you will never be the same!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Leah Guy is the Host and Producer of &lt;a href=http://www.AGirlNamedGuy.com&gt; A Girl Named Guy.com&lt;/a&gt;. She delivers information about positive living and wellness in a fun, hip and palpable way! A veteran of the holistic health industry AND entertainment, you&#39;ll walk away with a lift to your day on A Girl Named Guy TV!&lt;br /&gt;Copyright (c) 2007 &lt;a href=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/&gt;Free Online Library&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Gift+of+Love-a01073808743&quot;&gt;The Gift of Love&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/gift+of+love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gift of love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/lasting+love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lasting love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/relationships&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;relationships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turbotagger.brainbliss.com&quot;&gt;Turbo Tagger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/02/gift-of-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-7281550159040596110</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T10:38:28.652-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lover</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Valentine&#39;s Day</category><title>Happy Valentine&#39;s Day, My Love</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/?action=view&amp;current=Valentines.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/Valentines.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could be  a good day. It could be so much fun..&lt;br /&gt;It could be an even better night...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/?action=view&amp;current=Lovers.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/Lovers.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make it memorable!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/?action=view&amp;current=lovers-1.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb67/Robinsdream/lovers-1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/Happy+Valentine&#39;s+Day&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Happy Valentine&#39;s Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/Valentine&#39;s+Day&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Valentine&#39;s Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/lover&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/my+love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;my love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turbotagger.brainbliss.com&quot;&gt;Turbo Tagger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-valentines-day-my-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-3972562488413977465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-13T15:53:36.585-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lasting love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">questions for couples</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">staying together</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tips</category><title>5 Tips To Make Love Last</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Thinking of Tying The Knot? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;5 Tips To Make Sure You Stay Together&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Michael Webb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that love does NOT conquer all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, often people get married with the idea&lt;br /&gt;that their “chemistry” or undying love for each&lt;br /&gt;other will keep them together forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, with almost 50% of marriages ending in&lt;br /&gt;divorce these days, it’s obvious that this isn’t&lt;br /&gt;the case. Therefore, it pays to know a few little&lt;br /&gt;secrets before getting married.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are 5 tips that help keep couples together&lt;br /&gt;long after tying the knot:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;TIP#1 -- CONTINUE DATING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the years, people often drift apart or&lt;br /&gt;relationships and marriages become stale because&lt;br /&gt;couples fail to do new and special things together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s why going on new and refreshing dates is so&lt;br /&gt;important. In fact, there is something about&lt;br /&gt;“dating” that creates a sense of magic in a&lt;br /&gt;relationship and can even bring relationships out&lt;br /&gt;of a rut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While on a date, you also put more effort into your&lt;br /&gt;appearance, have more uninterrupted time to&lt;br /&gt;communicate on a deeper level and are naturally&lt;br /&gt;drawn closer together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stuck for ideas? Spend the day at the aquarium,&lt;br /&gt;zoo, museum, carnival, bookstore, beach or park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;TIP#2 -- DELAY IS OFTEN BETTER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s a well-documented statistic that couples who&lt;br /&gt;have dated for a year or longer before marriage&lt;br /&gt;have a significantly lower rate of divorce than&lt;br /&gt;those who married after a short dating period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A year of dating gives time for many emotions to&lt;br /&gt;surface and many character traits to be discovered.&lt;br /&gt;You may adore someone in the spring, but despise&lt;br /&gt;him or her in the winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asking someone for his or her hand in marriage on&lt;br /&gt;the third date isn&#39;t romantic. It&#39;s gambling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;TIP#3 -- ALWAYS EXPRESS YOUR LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oftentimes, as a relationship matures, partners&lt;br /&gt;tend to stop praising each other because they&lt;br /&gt;&#39;assume&#39; their partner already knows what they&#39;re&lt;br /&gt;thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When in reality, a day should never go by without&lt;br /&gt;you praising your partner. Compliment them on their&lt;br /&gt;cooking, reaffirm that they&#39;re the greatest person&lt;br /&gt;in the world or tell them they’re a wonderful role&lt;br /&gt;model. If you want to be loved and romanced by your&lt;br /&gt;sweetheart, love and romance them first. When&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;re feeling loved, it is much easier to love in&lt;br /&gt;return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you a super supporter of what your mate does&lt;br /&gt;and says? So do you cheer them on and praise them&lt;br /&gt;constantly? Or do they constantly hear boos or&lt;br /&gt;silence?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;TIP#4 -- TAKE TIME TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PARTNER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Couples with the most problems are often the ones&lt;br /&gt;that say, &quot;I just don&#39;t understand him/her.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let me ask you: How knowledgeable are you about&lt;br /&gt;your mate&#39;s profession or the degree they are&lt;br /&gt;pursuing? Do you know anything about his or her&lt;br /&gt;family heritage? Are you able to have a meaningful&lt;br /&gt;conversation about her cross-stitch hobby or his&lt;br /&gt;interest in rugby? If you are a man, do you fully&lt;br /&gt;understand what women experience during PMS or&lt;br /&gt;menopause?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&#39;t need to be identical, but make an effort&lt;br /&gt;to learn about the things that interest your&lt;br /&gt;partner in life and you&#39;ll grow closer as a result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;TIP#5 -- ANSWER THE *BIG* QUESTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does your partner want kids? Do you both want&lt;br /&gt;careers? Do they have a history of spending their&lt;br /&gt;way into debt? Do they go to church?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my opinion, the biggest reason almost half of&lt;br /&gt;marriages end in divorce is because couples fail to&lt;br /&gt;ask each other the right questions BEFORE they get&lt;br /&gt;married.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess people think they&#39;ll be able to change&lt;br /&gt;their spouses after marriage and everything will be&lt;br /&gt;better. Wrong. If you fail to sit down and discuss&lt;br /&gt;finances, religion, sex, housing, your future, and&lt;br /&gt;other topics in great detail, you could end up with&lt;br /&gt;nothing but argument after argument for the rest of&lt;br /&gt;your days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, if you both have completely different&lt;br /&gt;views, desires and goals in life, there’s no&lt;br /&gt;guarantee that chemistry or &quot;I love you’s&quot; will&lt;br /&gt;help you stay together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make it your utmost priority to understand each&lt;br /&gt;other &#39;inside-out&#39; BEFORE you take that walk down&lt;br /&gt;the aisle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the author:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael Webb is the author of &lt;a href=http://smartminds.couples.hop.clickbank.net/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“1000 Questions For Couples&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;br /&gt;the most comprehensive book of questions&lt;br /&gt;that all couples should ask before getting married.&lt;br /&gt;Covering lovemaking, religion, careers, money,&lt;br /&gt;children &amp; raising them, household work,&lt;br /&gt;personalities, the future and much much more.&lt;a href=http://smartminds.couples.hop.clickbank.net/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1000 Questions For Couples&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &quot;How To&quot; Guide &lt;br /&gt;for everyone wanting to stay together and  make love last!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/questions+for+couples&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;questions for couples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/tips+for+couples&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tips for couples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/lasting+love&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lasting love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/staying+together&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;staying together&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/relationship+help&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;relationship help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turbotagger.brainbliss.com&quot;&gt;Turbo Tagger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/02/5-tips-to-make-love-last.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951538551567070427.post-3151222314275413673</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-13T11:39:37.219-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">intimacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovemaking</category><title>7 Lovemaking Mistakes That Couples Make &amp; How To Avoid Them</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;7 Lovemaking Mistakes That Couples Make and How To Avoid Them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take your passion to new heights...now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://smartminds.mwebb.hop.clickbank.net&gt; 500 Lovemaking Tips and Secrets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Michael Webb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that people who try to spice up their&lt;br /&gt;lovemaking, often make their experiences LESS fulfilling? &lt;br /&gt;It’s true.&lt;br /&gt;Over the years, I&#39;ve seen couples make the same&lt;br /&gt;mistakes over and over again, when trying to&lt;br /&gt;improve their love lives, and I&#39;d like to teach you&lt;br /&gt;how to overcome and avoid these problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the 7 lovemaking mistakes. Are you making&lt;br /&gt;them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #1: Feeling scared or embarrassed to talk about trying new things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever had an idea to spice up your lovemaking &lt;br /&gt;but were afraid of what your partner may think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe it or not, in 90% of cases, your partner&lt;br /&gt;would LOVE to try something new, too, but they&#39;re&lt;br /&gt;just as uncomfortable or embarrassed about bringing&lt;br /&gt;it up as you are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you don&#39;t need to introduce whips, chains or a&lt;br /&gt;third person. That&#39;s nonsense! There are hundreds&lt;br /&gt;of ways to bring variety to your passionate play that &lt;br /&gt;aren&#39;t crude or dangerous and that your&lt;br /&gt;partner is sure to be comfortable with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #2: Trying to convince the partner to make love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your lover is tired or not in the mood for sex,&lt;br /&gt;trying to convince or persuade them to have sex&lt;br /&gt;almost NEVER works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, when a person is sexually&lt;br /&gt;aroused, their body releases the chemical&lt;br /&gt;&#39;adrenaline&#39; into the bloodstream. This chemical is&lt;br /&gt;what gives you the energy to make love. So here&#39;s&lt;br /&gt;how to arouse them the right way...Yes, even if&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;re tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladies: Want to get him in the mood? Give him&lt;br /&gt;fellatio or manually stroke him between 9 ­ 10 in&lt;br /&gt;the morning. This is when his testosterone levels&lt;br /&gt;are highest for the day. For better results, also&lt;br /&gt;wear something sexy or nothing at all. He&#39;ll like&lt;br /&gt;that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lads: Deep passionate kisses are one of the biggest&lt;br /&gt;&#39;turn-ons&#39; for women. Looking in her eyes and&lt;br /&gt;touching her face while kissing her can really&lt;br /&gt;increase arousal, too. And give some attention to&lt;br /&gt;her neck. It will drive her wild. But don&#39;t rush&lt;br /&gt;this! Spend quality time building up her arousal&lt;br /&gt;with your sensual kisses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #3: Neglecting foreplay to enjoy intercourse sooner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People in a relationship (especially men) tend to&lt;br /&gt;neglect foreplay so they can begin to enjoy&lt;br /&gt;intercourse sooner, but did you know that foreplay&lt;br /&gt;is actually said to intensify orgasms?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s right. If you kiss, caress and touch longer,&lt;br /&gt;you can make your lovemaking even more satisfying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So SLOW DOWN. Take your time. If you want to make&lt;br /&gt;it even better, tease your partner in a playful&lt;br /&gt;way. (This works like crazy.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you find something that they really enjoy, stop&lt;br /&gt;doing it, move back, and then do it again later.&lt;br /&gt;The more you pull back and push forward, the more&lt;br /&gt;they&#39;ll want it. And the more intense their&lt;br /&gt;experience will be. There are many games you can&lt;br /&gt;play to heighten this anticipation, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #4: Using toys or pornography to make your lovemaking better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When sex hits a rough patch, many couples (men&lt;br /&gt;especially) think that a video, some plastic or&lt;br /&gt;vibrating thingy will instantly take things&lt;br /&gt;through the roof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wrong!... While toys can certainly have their place&lt;br /&gt;in your lovemaking repertoire, relying on them can&lt;br /&gt;be extremely dangerous. These outside sources of pleasure &lt;br /&gt;can quickly make lovemaking even less fulfilling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why? Because you don&#39;t want your partner to end up&lt;br /&gt;looking forward to their plastic toy for pleasure&lt;br /&gt;more than they look forward to pleasure with you,&lt;br /&gt;do you? Couples need to first fully discover how to&lt;br /&gt;please all their spouses&#39; body parts before&lt;br /&gt;introducing other elements. Use them as a spice,&lt;br /&gt;not the main course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #5: Trying to make the woman orgasm ONLY from intercourse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men often feel &quot;unmanly&quot; if they can&#39;t satisfy&lt;br /&gt;their woman from intercourse. But what they need to&lt;br /&gt;understand is that a large number of women can&#39;t&lt;br /&gt;achieve orgasm through normal lovemaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just knowing this takes the pressure off men&lt;br /&gt;completely. Now there&#39;s no need to get upset when&lt;br /&gt;their women don’t reach orgasm. Instead, men should&lt;br /&gt;master the art of cunnilingus (going down on a&lt;br /&gt;woman).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #6: Trying to “finish” at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simultaneous orgasms are quite overrated. Instead&lt;br /&gt;of aiming for one orgasm that you share together,&lt;br /&gt;focus completely on the woman’s needs first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hold off from the positions you find most enjoyable&lt;br /&gt;and instead make love in ways that are most&lt;br /&gt;pleasurable for your lady, until she is completely&lt;br /&gt;satisfied. That way you have a much greater chance&lt;br /&gt;of both climaxing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;MISTAKE #7: Sticking to a “set routine” too often.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know the drill. You take your clothes off,&lt;br /&gt;insert part A into part B, and, within a few&lt;br /&gt;minutes, the routine is over. Sound familiar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter how fantastic lovemaking can be, there’s&lt;br /&gt;no denying it can get boring over the years. And&lt;br /&gt;the reason is because lovemaking in its basic act&lt;br /&gt;is always the same. But the danger is letting it&lt;br /&gt;get “too routine,” which can begin to affect your&lt;br /&gt;relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BEST WAY to protect your love life and precious&lt;br /&gt;connection with your partner is to have lots of new&lt;br /&gt;lovemaking ideas ready at your disposal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s the secret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, when you have an abundance of NEW tips and&lt;br /&gt;techniques ready, you’ll enjoy more hot, steamy and&lt;br /&gt;passionate lovemaking, discover newfound enthusiasm&lt;br /&gt;to make love and even make love more often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Oprah&lt;/span&gt; Love Expert, Michael Webb, is the author of 500 Lovemaking Tips &amp; Secrets, a book full of ways to spice up&lt;br /&gt;your lovemaking, adding more passion, pleasure and&lt;br /&gt;intimacy to your experience. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Take your passion to new heights and revel in your newfound intimacy tonight!  Get your copy now!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://smartminds.mwebb.hop.clickbank.net&gt; 500 Lovemaking Tips and Secrets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;&quot;&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/lovemaking&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lovemaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/lovemaking+secret&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lovemaking secret&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/intimacy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intimacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/better+sex&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;better sex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technorati.com/tag/romantic+sex+tips&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;romantic sex tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turbotagger.brainbliss.com&quot;&gt;Turbo Tagger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://myloverssecrets.blogspot.com/2008/02/7-lovemaking-mistakes-that-couples-make.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Robin Lee Sardini)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>