2. AVOID ARGUMENTS
Being argumentative makes your spouse not look forward to being near you. Not everything has to be a fight
3. MAINTAIN GOOD HYGIENE
Sometimes your spouse can keep off being near you because of sweat or foul smell
4. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SPOUSE’S EMOTIONS
It will be difficult to be physically close if you two are not emotionally close. You become emotionally close by apologizing when you wrong, hearing your spouse and speaking with kindness and love
5. BE HUMOROUS
Being around you should often be fun. Be playful, cheeky, not taking everything personal
6. RESPOND TO YOUR SPOUSE’S ADVANCES
When your spouse flirts with you, flirt back. When your spouse hugs you, don’t be rigid. Continue the dance your spouse starts
7. GIVE ATTENTION
If you will be with your spouse physically but appear distracted by your phone, the TV, work or other matters; your spouse will feel unwanted and not look forward to your company
8. BE EQUALS
Relate with your spouse not like a parent to a child, a mentor to a mentee, a boss to an employee, a pastor to a congregant; but as a friend, as a partner
9. DON’T OVERREACT
When you blow things out of proportion, when you seem easily triggered and you turn conversations to something difficult or blow up when you hear something unpleasant; your spouse will feel as if he/she is walking on egg shells. It will be a tense environment that no one
