The Midweek Sun

Simple acts of love to show your spouse

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How well do you treat your spouse, and does the question trigger positive or negative memories? I have found that the special treatment is often in proportion to how well we can dish it out ourselves to our partners. ink about it. If your husband is treated like royalty every day, will he not begin to see you as his treasured queen? And if you are treating your wife like she is a cherished vessel, will she not think you are her everything? No matter how long you have been married, simple acts of love, those things you used to do to express your love to one another, keep you both knitted together in love.

Here are some practical and simple acts of love you could practice in your relationsh­ip:

* When your husband comes home for lunch try to have everything ready for him so he has a relaxed lunch instead

of a rushed one.

* Ask him which hairstyle he likes best on you and wear that one for him.

* Sit on the couch and be together instead of one of you being on the computer or cell phone. * Do the dishes for her or vacuum the house, so she will not need to do so.

* Do something and make it feel like ‘an-us’ thing. It will make her feel loved.

* Drop certain things in order to do stuff around the house to show her you love her.

* Make him something special for

dinner that you know he likes. * Hug and kiss each other every morning before one of you leaves the house.

* Make your spouse coffee in the morning before he or she heads off to work.

* Clean his car or her car without

being asked to

* Set the table for whoever is doing the cooking

* Send an intimate personal text

message

* Ask him/her to meet you for a

quick lunch break

* Reach across the table, the front seat of your car or the couch to hold her hand, even if only for a few moments. * Rub and caress his hair, neck, back, legs when he is not expecting it when you wake up or when relaxed

* Go an entire day without saying anything to your spouse except praise…affirmatio­n for who they are, what they mean to you

* Go to bed at the same time as him/her for a week. Talk, read or share the quietness together * Call, send an email or text message mid-day just to see how the other is doing

* Open the car door for her; pull out the chair for her at the dinner table; help her put her coat on

* Fix his favourite meal without

him having to ask

* Brag on your spouse in public * Compliment your spouse in

front of your children

* Find creative ways to tell each other “I love you” in coded language

* Add a candle to the dinner table as a way of telling your spouse you consider the evening special and romantic, simply because they are there Simple acts of love are just that – simple. ey do not take time to prepare or money to maintain.

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