15 Simple Ways to Keep Your Partner Happy
By David Wygant
Updated: May 22, 2009
So you're
in a relationship and your partner starts nagging. She tells you that you
just don't understand her, and that she really wishes that you would just do
more "little things."
It's not the big things that make her happy; it's paying attention to the little details
and showing you care that is really meaningful. She doesn't necessarily need lavish gifts --
she needs to know you're thinking about her.
Here are some ideas to get you started doing these "little things" she really wants:
1. Rub her feet instead of asking
her if she wants you to rub her feet. Make it look like you want to
do it.
2. Make her dinner one
night. Don't ask her if she wants you to make dinner. Make her
dinner before she gets home.
3. Light a candle so that she
arrives home to a nice environment instead of coming home to the glaring
lights of the television and other things.
4. Send her a text in the middle
of the day telling her "I miss your smile from this morning" or "Last
night was amazing!" or "The conversation we had last night was great."
5.

Send an eCard in the middle of
the day... something cute to remind her how much you really care about her.
Send an eCard in the middle of
the day... something cute to remind her how much you really care about her.
6. If she's going on a business
trip, offer to drive her to the airport or pick her up to make her life
that much easier.
7. Let her have control of the
remote control. Don't monopolize it for a change. Just give it
to her and let her actually sit there and enjoying watching one of her
shows. Then you can share one of her interests by watching it with
her.
8. Offer to iron one of her shirts
or take her clothes to the dry cleaner.
9. Clean up the bathroom without
being asked. Don't just sit there and ignore the mess around the
toilet. If you know it drives her crazy to see water splashed all
around the sink, dry that area after you use it.
10. If you work out together, enjoy
it with her instead of rushing through your own workout and then not
letting her workout at the same time.
11. Take a shower together, then
wash her hair, scrub her back, and give her a spa treatment. Do this
and enjoy it!
12. The next time she gives you a
massage, give her a massage the next day. Offer it! Don't just
say you'll give her a massage...do it!
13. Surprise her by making
plans. Tell her, "We're going out tonight honey." You can even
just go out for a drink or dinner somewhere. It's taking the
initiative that's important.
14. Decide on and set aside one
night a week as date night. Have a date like when you first started
dating.
15. Call her in the middle of the
day and just say hello. Don't wait for her to call you.
It can be simple to keep her satisfied. It's not necessarily about what you
give her financially or what gifts you give her. That's a cop out. It's the
little things. The guy who makes the biggest mistake is the one who
ignores their significant other then all of a sudden give them an expensive
gift to make up for it. That doesn't make up for it at all.
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