The lovers heart is a complex set of emotions that leap from one extreme to another. From the time that we first dream of love through the ups and downs of romance to the cold drama of breaking up, a lovers heart is never boring.
Top Tips for Lovers
Write "I love you" on a post-it note and leave it where your partner will find it. A small gesture that can make a big impact.
Stop what you are doing and give your partner a hug. When they ask what that was for say, "Just for being you"
When you next go out, reach for partners hand an give it a gently squeeze and smile at your partner
For a very special occasion, buy two champagne glasses and have them engraved with your names and the date. Then book a meal in a nice restaurant and drop the glasses off earlier in the day. At the meal, order champagne (or fizzy white wine) and make sure that it served in your special glasses. The great thing about this is that you can keep the glasses as a memento of the night.
Put together a love CD made up of all of the song titles that express your feelings for your partner. Make up a CD cover with a romantic picture on it and "I love You"
Create a small book where each page is about one of your partners most endearing features, take some time and use a computer to design the graphics and layout. When you have have finished, print it out and thread ribbon through the pages to hold them together.
Buy a romantic jigsaw and then write a love letter on the reverse side.
But love can also be very curious. Here are ten lovers facts that will make you think!
Love Fact #1
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Love at First Sight
Two out of three people fall in love with someone they've known for some time rather than a person that they have just met.
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Love Fact #2
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Love Hurts
Your body is physically affected when you are in love. Pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate, in fact exactly the same response as deep fear.
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Love Fact #3
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Beware of Your Past
7% of men and 11% of women will research their potential lover by looking on the internet.
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Love Fact #4
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Love is an Obsession
When you fall in love your body stops producing the hormone serotonin. In fact this can fall to the same low levels as people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. That is why people in love act strangely.
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Love Fact #5
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Sex Makes Your Hair Grow
Thinking of sex will make a man's beard grow faster!
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Love Fact #6
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Live Longer
It has been found that men who kiss their wives will live up to 5 years longer than men who don't. But beware, married men who kiss their lover will probably live shorter lives, especially if found out!
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Love Fact #7
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Eyes Right
65% of people lean their heads to the right when they go to kiss, as opposed to the left. |
Love Fact #8
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Calm Down and Remember More
When you fall in love your body raises the levels of nerve growth factor. This effect can last for up to a year and has a restoring effect on your body's nervous system and will even improve your memory. Is this why you remember your first kiss?
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Love Fact #9
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It's a Numbers Game
The most common number of relationships that people have before finding a long-term partner is 12.
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Love Fact #10
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Once Burnt, Twice Happy
Out of a survey of long term loving relationships, one or both of the partners were involved with someone else when the affair began. |
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