If your Love Life has Hit a Slump

<p>If your love life has hit a slump, remind yourself what makes relationships work. <p> It's a fact that the personality you fall in love with won't be the same one you end up with. People change. The trick is to grow together instead of trying to change each other. <p> Relationships are not born out of love but (out of) need. Love is born within relationships from an understanding of what they're about and doing what is necessary to make them work. <p> Don't evaluate every man you meet as a potential partner, or you'll be blind to his flaws. Make lots of friends, go on lots of dates and chances are the needle in the haystack will find you. <p> Relationships have negotiables and non-negotiables. Never change that which you're comfortable with for the sake of another. <p> Love does not equal telepathy. It's important to tell your partner exactly what you need to feel loved and he needs to tell you, or you'll both end up feeling neglected. <p> Who you are and who you think he wants you to be should be the same person. If they're not, you'll always feel like a fraud. <p> Stay independent. You can't be certain that you'll never need to look after yourself. There's a reason you're attracted to your partner and other women will notice it too. Pride, rather than jealousy, is what will stroke his ego the most. <p> It's important to work on your relationship to make it work, but equally important to recognize if you're just not right for each other. <p> Sex is the difference between an ordinary friendship and a relationship, and regular; enthusiastic sex is vital to maintaining that exclusive intimacy. <p> Mind-play comes before foreplay. Creating the mood is just as important as finding the place and the time. <p> Love means sometimes saying 'I'm sorry' - even when you think you shouldn't. <p> Sometimes you've got to be grateful for what you have instead of pining for what you don't. <p> For more articles on sexual health subscribe to Sandra Prior’s online newsletter at <a href="http://intercell.shacknet.nu" target="blank">http://intercell.shacknet.nu</a>. <p> <p></p>