1. Talk to each other.
2. Spend time together.
3. Balance the time you spend at work with the time you spend working on your relationship.
4. To feel good about your relationship you need to feel good about yourself.
5. Make room in your relationship for differences and value these differences.
6. Relationships are flexible.
7. Set goals for your relationship.
8. Try not to judge, criticise or blame each other.
9. No one is perfect.
10. Be sexually considerate of each other. Be affectionate and have fun.
11. Be attentive and romantic. Remember how it was when you first met.
12. Express and demonstrate your commitment to the relationship.

Source: Relate, Commonwealth Government initiative