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3. Give him "guy time"

You are your man best friend, as he's likely to profess after a couple of

beers. But sometimes he wants to go out with someone who won't roll her

eyes when he turns into a human whoopee cushion. That "someone"

is...The Guys.

"Men get energy from being away," says JoAnn

Magdoff, Ph.D., a New York psychotherapist. "They

hang loose, talk or not talk. It gives them great

intimacy without tremendous demands."

That said, we're not suggesting that he get a free pass every night while

you deal with baths and bedtime.

Bonus: If you each use some of this free time to pursue your separate

passions — there's likely to be an extra spark when you get back together.

Maintaining separate identities keeps alive those

parts of you that you two fell in love with in the first

place.

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