One Hundred and One Steps To Having a Good Relationship

  1. Watch the sunset together.
  2. Take showers together.
  3. Back rubs/massages.
  4. Listen to classical music and cuddle in the dark or with a blacklight.
  5. French Kiss.
  6. Hold him/her with your hands inside the back of his/her shirt.
  7. Whisper to each other.
  8. Skinny dip.
  9. Make out in the rain.
  10. Dress each other.
  11. Undress each other.
  12. Kiss every part of their body.
  13. Hold hands.
  14. Sleep together. (Actually sleep with each other... not sex)
  15. One word... Foreplay.
  16. Sit and talk in just underwear.
  17. Buy gifts for each other.
  18. Roses.
  19. Find out their favorite cologne/perfume and wear it every time you're together.
  20. Wear his clothes.
  21. Find a nice secluded place to lie and watch the stars.
  22. Incense/candles/oils/blacklights and music make for great cuddling/sex.
  23. Kiss at every chance you get.
  24. Don't wear underwear and let them find out.
  25. Blindfolds are good.
  26. Lightly kiss their collarbone and their jawbone just below the ear, then whisper, "I love you".
  27. Bubble baths.
  28. Go for a long walk down the beach at midnight. (Lucky you if you live near the beach.)
  29. Make love.
  30. Write poetry for each other.
  31. Kiss/small her hair.
  32. Hugs are the universal medicine.
  33. Say "I love you", only when you mean it and make sure they know you mean it.
  34. Give random gifts of flowers/candy/poetry etc.
  35. Tell him/her that they're the only one you ever want. Don't lie.
  36. Spend every second possible together.
  37. Tell her that she doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to. And mean it.
  38. Look into each other's eyes.
  39. Very lightly push up his/her chin, look into their eyes, tell them you love them, and kiss him/her lightly.
  40. Talk to each other using only body language and your eyes.
  41. When in public, only flirt with each other.
  42. Walk behind him/her and put your hands in their front pockets.
  43. Put love notes in their pockets when they aren't looking.
  44. Clothes are no fun.
  45. Buy him/her jewelry.
  46. Keep one of her bras somewhere where you can see it everyday. (Hetero Girls - I don't know what to tell you to snag from your man and the same for you gay guys.)
  47. Sing to each other.
  48. Read to each other.
  49. Public displays of affection.
  50. Take advantage of any time alone together.
  51. Tell him/her about how you answered every question in math with his/her name. (I don't know about you, but I think we need a better entry for this one. Email me with ideas.)
  52. Draw. (If you can.)
  53. Let her sit on your lap.
  54. Go hiking and camp out together in the woods or on a mountain.
  55. Lips were made for kissing. So were eyelids, and fingers, and cheeks, and collarbones, and hands, and ears, and so on.
  56. Kiss his/her stomach.
  57. Always hold him/her around his/her hips/sides.
  58. Guys like crop-tops. (Yeah especially if they live in a trailer.)
  59. Take him/her to dinner and do the dinner for two deal.
  60. Spaghetti... (Ever see "Lady and the Tramp"?)
  61. Hold his/her hand, stare into their eyes, kiss their hand and then put it over your heart.
  62. Unless you can feel their heart beating, you aren't close enough.
  63. Dance together.
  64. Sit in front of a roaring fire and make out/make love.
  65. Watch your loved one sleep.
  66. Carry her to bed.
  67. Waterbeds are fun.
  68. You figure it out.
  69. Do cute things like write "I love you" in a note so that they have to look in a mirror to read it.
  70. Break every one of your parents' relationship rules for them.
  71. Make excuses to call them every 5 minutes.
  72. Even if you are really busy doing something, go out of your way to call and say "I love you".
  73. Call from your vacation spot to tell them you were thinking about them. (Why aren't you on vacation with them?)
  74. Remember your dreams and tell them about them.
  75. Ride your bike eight miles just to see them for a few hours. (Yeah right.)
  76. Ride home and call them.
  77. Tell each other your most sacred secrets/fears.
  78. Somehow incorporate them into any kind of religion or worship you have.
  79. Be charming and cordial to their parents. (Brownie points.)
  80. Act out mutual fantasies together. (Not necessarily sexual.)
  81. Brush their hair out of their face for them.
  82. Stay up all night to think of 101 ways to be sweet to him/her.
  83. Hang out with his/her friends. (More brownie points.)
  84. Do something spiritual together.
  85. Take him/her to see a romantic movie and remember the parts they liked.
  86. Cuddle together under a full moon on a clear night.
  87. Learn from each other and don't make the same mistake twice.
  88. Everyone deserves a second chance. (But only on silly things. No taking a cheater or beater back. That's just stupid.)
  89. Describe the joy you feel just to be with him/her.
  90. Make sacrifices for each other.
  91. Really love each other, or don't stay together.
  92. Write a fictional story about how you met/fell in love, etc. and give it to them.
  93. Let there never be a second during any given day that you aren't thinking about them, and make sure they know it.
  94. Love yourself before you love anyone else.
  95. Learn to say sweet things in foreign languages.
  96. Dedicate songs to them on the radio.
  97. Fall asleep on the phone with each other.
  98. Sleep naked together.
  99. Stand up for them when someone talks trash.
  100. Never forget the kiss goodnight. And always remember to say, "Sweet dreams."