by R.E. Hay

Created on: April 19, 2008

You wake up next to the same person for several years. You get out of bed and begin your day. You go to work and do most of what they ask you to do. You come home and you see the person you woke up next to. You eat dinner with them across the table. You discuss the small talk of the world. Then finally you end your day right where it started, in the bed next to the person you love. If this sounds like the normal day for you, do you see something missing? Is there an empty black hole in this routine? This void is the lack of showing the most fundamental emotion, love. You would do anything for your partner. If they need money, you give it to them. If they had a bad day, you supply a moment of laughter for them. In your heart, you would die for them to just make sure they are safe. So why is it in this normal routine of life we so often forget to treat our partners like they are the sun in our sky? There are many reasons we forget to treat them like we love them. The first is the million of "have to do things" we need to accomplish. We place those aspects firsts in our routines. We have to get the groceries, pay the bills, and answer to our superiors at work. All these little annoyances seem to take precedent in our lives. By allowing them to come first, we ultimately shove time for the ones we love to the back burner. By recognizing this pattern there are many simple steps to take to add the treatment of love back to our lives.

MAKE IT A PART OF YOUR ROUTINE!
This is the simplest part of treating the one you love like you truly love them. It requires only that you put all the annoyances of daily life aside for a few minutes each day. Just take the time before you get out of bed to roll over and say "I love you." Then hold them as if you may never see them again. If you are not a morning person (which I am not) then do the same thing when you go to bed each night. The point is not when you make time for this person, it is simply that you are making time for them. It is telling them you may have a hundred other obligations but for right now they are your only obligation. By treating them in such a manner you are expressing your love and showing it to them by making them a part of the daily grind. Don't look at this like a hassle to have to show love because truly it should be the best part of your day. In my own relationship, we both work full time jobs and sometimes we juggle school on the side. In the times we are apart we write each other letters or emails expressing

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