You're out of touch
Oh dear! Modern life is full of distractions and demands on our time - and it looks like you've allowed them to bulldoze their way through your relationship. You've forgotten how to focus on one another 100 per cent. You're too busy checking your emails or working your way through your ever-growing to-do list to truly be present in the here-and-now.
However, it's vital to reclaim that intimacy - not only for the sake of your relationship, but also for your health and wellbeing. Susan Quilliam, sex and relationship expert for Durex Embrace, explains: 'Intimacy doesn't only feel good. It helps us to be more healthy, physically and emotionally - and it's good for us and our families. So it's vital to keep the connection - to talk about what matters, to share feelings, to have skin-on-skin contact even when that doesn't always lead to sex.'
Right, it sounds like you need some intimacy tips. Susan suggests:
● Raise your connection ratio. Look into each others' eyes. Kiss hello and goodbye. Hold hands when watching television. Lie close and touch when you go to bed at night - even if you move away to go to sleep. And if possible, sleep naked...
● Make time - at least 20 minutes every day - to switch everything else off and talk about what's happened while you've been away from one another. Talk not just about the event, but how you felt. Open up to one another emotionally.
● At least once a day, hug closely. Not just a squeeze, but really hugging each other for at least two or three minutes so that you feel your body warmth and the support you're offering each other.
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