GetRomantic.com » Tracy Keirstead-Moore http://www.getromantic.com Romance Tips, Dating Advice, Sex Advice, Relationship Advice Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:22:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Finding Time to Spend with Your Partner http://www.getromantic.com/relationships/relationship_advice/finding_time_with_your_partner.html http://www.getromantic.com/relationships/relationship_advice/finding_time_with_your_partner.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:06 +0000 Tracy Keirstead-Moore Busy couples definitely need to learn ways to minimize time wasted so that they can turn “time wasted” into “time together”. Below are some suggestions of ways to free up time in your life so that you can spend it with your love.

  • Instead of you getting the groceries while your partner watches the kids, why not hire a babysitter and go shopping together. If you can’t afford a babysitter pay attention to the next tip…
  • If you know another couple with kids, take turns babysitting for each other for free. Try to do this once a month, they take your kids Friday night and you take theirs Saturday night.
  • If your kids are old enough, designate a specific night each week for each child to wash the dishes. This could save you 45 minutes! Spend that time with your husband or wife.
  • If you’re a busy couple that probably means you have lots of commitments, such as work, coaching soccer, taking the kids to extracurricular activities, volunteering, insert your commitments here. Well how about adding one to the list – the commitment to spend (at least) one night a week with your significant other. So just like Wednesday night might be book club night, pick a night of the week to be Date Night…and commit to it. :)
  • If you work within a reasonable distance of your love, spend your lunch break together once a week (or more often).
  • Do you spend a lot of time cleaning the house? If you enlist your partner to help you clean the bathroom, fold the laundry or wash the dishes with you, then you get the job done twice as fast and you can talk with your love while doing it. Cleaning may become time together with a purpose, not just a chore!
  • Set the alarm 15 minutes early in the morning. You won’t notice 15 minutes less of sleep, and you can spend the time cuddling or talking.
  • Shower with your partner in the morning. You save water and get to spend time together.
  • Cooking supper every night can definitely take a bite out of your free time. Why not cook twice or three times as much food as you will eat that night and freeze the rest. Pop it in the oven and you have a meal with almost no preparation time. And that means more time with your partner.
  • Drying dishes is unsantitary and a waste of time. After washing them, leave them to dry on their own overnight. Put them away in the morning, or after work. This could save you 20 minutes!

  • Send your love an email during your break at work to tell them about your day.

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  1. Compliment your Partner

    2. This includes compliments about your lover’s physical appearance as well as his or her technique.

    • Tell her how beautiful she is as you slowly kiss your way down her body.
    • Tell him how good it feels when he does something you like.

  2. The Right Kind of Touch

    3. I’ll never forget the time I was performing oral sex on my husband and he reached down and took my hand and held it. The instant connection I felt was like a spark of electricity between us.

    • Run your fingers through your partner’s hair while he or she is performing oral sex on you.
    • Caress and kiss your partner’s face while you slowly make love
    • Spend time just kissing and carressing each other before you make love

  3. Take a Bath Together First

    4. My husband and I often take baths together. It gives us a chance to talk and relax in each other’s arms prior to making love. The foreplay begins as we towel each other off…

  4. Prepare the Right Atmosphere

    5. Make the bed with soft, clean sheets, and pile up extra pillows. Create a CD of your favorite love songs and have it playing in the background, light candles, turn off the lights.

  5. Eye Contact

    6. When my husband and I are in the mood for very tender, loving, sex, we go extra slow and make eye contact the entire time. The connection we feel is incredible. There is also a great deal of trust involved here, letting go and knowing someone is watching you isn’t exactly comfortable at first. Getting to the point where you nolonger feel uncomfortable is one of the things that makes eye contact so intimate. By the way, I highly recommend eye contact during oral sex.

  6. Cuddle After Sex

    7. I think this one is a given. Women already know it…some men, however, don’t realize how much it means to a woman when her partner stays awake to cuddle after sex. Guys, when you make love to a woman she feels closer to you, when it is over she likes to revel in how wonderful she feels, and does this by talking and snuggling up with you.

  7. Undress Each Other

    8. Instead of going to bed naked, wear something sexy so your partner can undress you. This may not sound like a recipe for intimacy but I put it in here because when I go to bed in lingerie it causes my husband to slow down. The same is true for me when he comes to bed with boxers and a t-shirt on. When we’re both already naked we find ourselves rushing…and rushing is okay sometimes, but not everytime. Besides, men love seeing their partner in lingerie and I don’t know about the rest of the women, but I love peeling off a man’s shirt. :)

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