Boosting Fondness and Admiration

 Gottman Institute:

Here’s a few ways to boost the fondness and admiration in your relationship: 

• Give your partner a genuine compliment.
• Catch your partner doing something “right” and thank them. 
• Tell your partner you love them.
• Share a favorite memory from your past together.
• Tell your partner how proud you are of them or how proud you are of the relationship.
• Be physically affectionate with your partner.
• Express appreciation for the ways they have supported you now or in the past. 
• Surprise them with a gift or love note just because you thought about them.