50 clues to a great marriage and relationship

How many of these promises do you keep? When you stood at the altar before God and all those witnesses, you promised to love and honor your spouse.....but sometimes the little things get lost in the daily shuffle of life.

1. Start each day with a kiss
2. Wear your wedding ring at all times
3. Date once a week
4. Accept differences
5. Be polite
6. Be gentle
7. Give gifts
8. Smile often
9. Touch
10. Talk about dreams
11. Select a song that can be "our song" (ours is The Twelfth of Never )
12. Give back rubs
13. Laugh together
14. Send a card for no reason
15. Do what the other person wants before he or she asks
16. Listen
17. Encourage
18. Do it his or her way
19. Know his or her needs
20. Fix the other person's breakfast
21. Compliment twice a day
22. Call during the day
23. Slow down
24. Hold hands
25. Cuddle
26. Ask for each other's opinion
27. Show respect
28. Welcome the other person home
29. Look your best
30. Wink at each other
31. Celebrate birthdays in a big way
32. Apologize
33. Forgive
34. Set up a romantic getaway
35. Ask "what can I do to make you happier?"
36. Be positive
37. Be kind
38. Be vulnerable
39. Respond quickly to the other person's request
40. Talk about your love
41. Reminince about your favorite times together
42. Treat each other's friends and relatives with courtesy
43. Send flowers every Valentine's Day and anniversary
44. Admit when wrong
45. Be sensitive to each other's sexual desires
46. Pray for each other daily
47. Watch sunsets together
48. Say "I love you" frequently
49. End the day with a hug
50. Remember that unkind remarks can wound deeply and may never be forgotten

We've been happily married for 53 years... I can honestly say that we keep almost all these promises ... except #3, #14 and #43 are sometimes missed.