WORK IT OUT

4. Share your passions-- not all of them. Though it's important to have shared interests with your loved one, it is just as important to have your own interests. Do you love running while he likes swimming at the local pool? Do you like movies, while he likes watching football with friends? Great! It's important to maintain your own identity while building an identity as a couple. And it's just as important to spend the night with your sweetie hanging out with friends as it is to have some alone time regularly. Both of you absolutely need it in order to maintain your own interests, as well as to realize how grateful you are when that loved one is around.