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• They celebrate their differences.
• They are grateful.
• They protect one another.
• They are polite to one another.
• They praise more and criticize less.
• They express affection in words and actions.
• They plan to do things with one another.
• They give each other gifts or “tokens” of their love (presents, cards,
notes, texts).
• They do things for one another that they don’t feel like doing but
they do them anyway, like when a guy has to go to the drugstore to
buy his partner pantyhose. (They go the “extra mile”).
• They teach each other things (They bring “newness” into their
relationship).
• They don’t just listen to one another, they lissssssten to one
another.”
• They don’t make fun of or criticize one another in a mean way
(“You are such a fat little butterball. I love the way your chunky little
feet can barely Kit in your shoes!”)
• They try to help their partner overcome grumpy moods.
• They are emotionally available, in reach, and do not disappear.
• They make one another laugh.
• They are generous to one another.
• They nurse each other when they are sick.
• They trust one another.
• They pay attention to one another.
• They help one another do chores.
• They provide safety and security to one another.
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