Health and Beauty Tips

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Check out these tiny truths guaranteed to bring couples closer in a big way.

1. "Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it."
--Former President Lyndon B. Johnson

2. "Find the good and praise it."
--Author Alex Haley

3. "Good wine, chocolate truffles and a subtitled foreign film the kids will hate. To me, those nights are what make a marriage heavenly."
--Kirsten, Edison, NJ

4. "To keep the fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule: Keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart for breathing room."
--Marnie Reed Crowell, nature writer

5. "If my wife wants more than a peck on the cheek, she'll grab me and kiss me. Don't expect your partner to know and do everything you want. Go for it yourself."
--Steve Brody, Ph.D., an author of Renew Your Marriage at Midlife

6. "Never stop holding hands."
--Jan, via email

7. "We tend to our marriage. You have to spend time away from the kids and stay up late and talk, go to the movies or do the crossword puzzle together. My husband and I still have date nights, and I look forward to them all week."
--Actress Michelle Pfeiffer, married to TV producer David E. Kelley

8. "At certain hours our bedroom is off-limits to our kids. You have to create sanctuaries where couple time is sacred."
--Rafael, New York

9. "You have to keep creating a marriage. We talk about everything. We grow and change together, because nothing ever stays the same; you've got to continue evolving."
--Actress Kelly Preston, married to actor John Travolta

10. "We swap plates in the middle of a meal at a restaurant. That just seems like the epitome of a great marriage."
--Miranda, Los Angeles

11. "Young love is loving someone because of what they do right; mature love is loving someone in spite of what they do wrong."
--Mark Goulston, M.D., author of The 6 Secrets of a Lasting Relationship

12. "Let him know you're happy: I smile whenever I see him. He always knows how thrilled I am that he's there with me."
--Actress Melanie Griffith, married to actor Antonio Banderas

13. "A happy marriage is one in which you both know you're going to run into rough patches, but you're committed to working through them. What comes afterward is truly wonderful."
--Robert Epstein, research professor at the California School of Professional Psychology

14. "Giving each other a get-out-of-jail-free pass for skipping a visit with the in-laws."
--Cara, via email

15. "We keep a lot of candles in our bedroom. I want us to always stay honeymooners."
--Singer Clint Black, married to actress Lisa Hartman

16. "Couples in happy marriages don't insist on having similar interests. They celebrate their differences."
--Ted Huston, Ph.D., professor at University of Texas, Austin

17. "A hot robe right out of the dryer after a shower on a cold morning. My wife started this ritual years ago, and it says volumes about how far we'll go to make each other happy."
--Murphy, Portland, ME

18. "You can't sit back. My husband and I have made the choice that our marriage is the most important thing to us. We respect what we have and understand how we need to feed it."
--Singer Faith Hill, married to singer Tim McGraw

19. "When things get rough, you don't just cut and run."
--Tipper Gore, married to former Vice President Al Gore

20. "We touch and tickle each other all the time."
--Sharon, Costa Mesa, CA

21. "We have absolutely no secrets from one another."
--Singer/actor Harry Connick Jr., married to model Jill Goodacre

22. "Renew your vows. Saying those words after you've experienced what they entail gives them more meaning."
--Paula, via email

23. "If a couple with kids has 15 minutes of uninterrupted, nonlogistical talk every day, I would put them in the top 5 percent of all married couples."
--Bill Doherty, author of Take Back Your Marriage

24. "Three things in life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind."
--Author Henry James

25. "I love romance: I bring Keely breakfast in bed on a tray with a single flower from our garden. I did that when we first started dating, and I still do it."
--Actor Pierce Brosnan, married to former model/TV reporter Keely Shaye Smith

26. "Bragging about your spouse to anyone who will listen."
--Zeke, via email

27. "Listen to phone messages on speakerphone. Tell your spouse all your passwords. Putting these private matters out in the open shows real trust."
--Judy Kuriansky, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship

28. "I took strip-tease lessons, and it really put me in touch and at ease with my body."
--Actress Lisa Rinna, married to actor Harry Hamlin
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