Busy Couples Reveal How to Keep Romance Alive

Ever feel like you are so busy juggling kids and work that your relationship with your significant other fails to the bottom of your to do list? Is romance seems to be missing in your life? Here are some tips that may work in your favor! Make it a New Year's Resolution to keep romance alive - or to rekindle the passion if the fire has gone out. Below are tips that can put sensuality back on busy couples.

* Mark a date as lover's day. Set aside a certain time of the day for just the two of you. To keep the time valued, mark it on your calendar just as you would a client meeting or a doctor's appointment. Use the time to reconnect emotionally and physically. Focus on each other so you can lavish tender loving care on each other. End the evening by making love.

* Write love letters. Take few seconds from your daily routine to scribble a love note. Send a romantic email, fax, or tuck a card in the briefcase.

* Shake up your lunchtime routine. Have lunch together if your schedules permit. Be spontaneous - relationships often become stale because they become predictable.

* Turn downtime into dates! When you cannot squeeze in a full-service date, make the best of the time you do have. If the two of you are heading to a PTA meeting, leave a few minutes early and take a detour for a quick cup of coffee.

* Put passion into the mundane. Turn everyday tasks into a shared experience. Cooking or exercising together can be very soothing and sensual. Even something as simple as folding laundry together gives you a chance to catch up with each other.

* Play together. Be active and do things together. If possible, share a common interest. Take lessons and play a love game together.

* Make every day a Valentine Day. Take a leisurely walk. Watch a late night movie. Cuddle. Buy an impractical cute gift. These are simple but endearing ways to make your spouse feel special.

* Make it a habit to say I love you often. It is essential that you profess what is in the heart. It is a boost, a thrill, and the icing on the cake.

* Make your partner into the lover you have always wanted. However, sex is not everything - being best friends is more important.

Never let the marriage become routine. Continue courtship to keep that sense of fantasy, passion, and excitement. Rest assured it would be a match made in heaven.