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After all, that’s how this whole thing started. It won’t be long before you

appreciate that it’s always the right time for small acts of love, like sharing

a long kiss before you turn in each night.

2. Touch Each Other

Human touch aids the release of feel-good endorphins, for giver and

receiver. So hold hands when you’re walking, and brush her cheek when

you smooch good morning.

Revive the ways you touched in the early days—a kiss on the back of the

ear, a hand through his hair.

Adding more of this kind of touch will help you build a fortress of love.

That’s important, because a couple who form a tight unit can weather any

storm (and are better able to stave off infidelity).

How do you build this bond?

First, support your partner. Take his or her side whenever possible if

trouble arises in the “outside world.”

Keep their secrets to yourself, even when everyone at work spills theirs.

Except in a true emergency, don’t let anything interrupt “us” time. That’s

what voice mail and bedroom-door locks are for.

Make a commitment to spend up to 30 minutes a day chatting with each

other about everyday plans, goals and, yes, dreams. This is time to build a

friendship.

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