3. Take up a new hobby together

Hobbies and interests change as your relationship develops. Try and find something that interests both of you. Hobbies enable your partner to understand you better and give both of you cause for celebration. Take a photography class together and the take sexy pictures of each other; take a cooking class and then invite your friends over for a meal you have not cooked before; take up biking or hiking together and explore the area near where you live, learn a new language.

Research shows that learning new things together as a couple increases the excitement in the relationship.

Remember, it does not matter what new activity you pursue. All that matters is that you pursue it together and have fun while doing it. Enjoying new hobbies is exciting, which is an excellent antidote to boredom because you know what? It is impossible to be bored when you are excited.

4. Play a game

Games are fun and a great stress reliever. But I doesn’t necessarily mean you have to play game of cards or a board game.

Simple conversation starters can lead to fun in places and times where a more formal game may not be appropriate.

Here are a few classic examples of games:

• Would You Rather: The game requires that you ask a question that starts with ‘would you rather …’ followed by a hypothetical scenario. The scenarios that you give must be creative to make the game fun. This game is an excellent way of bonding while getting to know your partner a little bit better.
• Song Lyrics: This is a great game for music lovers. One partner will quote lines from a song, and the other will guess the song that the lyrics are from. The game could extend to classic lines from movies. You can make the game exciting by formulating a punishment for wrong guesses.

And try a few conversation starters like these to help liven things up:

• “Which celebrity’s dress sense do you think I should have a go at copying?”
• “Which outfit of mine do you desperately wish I’d never bought?”
• “What music from your childhood do you want our children to listen to?”

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