The Importance of Making Every Day Like Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is popular holiday for many couples in Sandy, Utah. Unlike the average day spent juggling, work, school and kids, this is the one day of the year when romance takes over and the focus shifts to love and adoration for each other. 

But if this is the only day of the year you and your partner are celebrating one another, you could be on the fast track to couples therapy. To sustain healthy relationships, it is important to show your partner how much he or she means to you regularly and to make time investments that reflect this. 

Yourtango.com says that the commercialism behind Valentine’s Day is less important than the actions and time set aside for love. “It is all about love and your ‘actions of love.’ It is not about giving lavish or expensive gifts. Over the past 32 years, our marriage research… supports this concept.”

For couples in Sandy hoping to avoid couples therapy, try to make every day like Valentine’s Day. Yourtango suggests daily, weekly and monthly ways you can show your partner how much he or she means to you.  

Write a heartfelt letter or create a custom handmade card thanking your partner and expressing your love. Write a talent or strength about the one you love on a Post-It Note and leave it somewhere where it can be found first thing in the morning. 

Do something unexpected, like hire a surprise babysitter and spend the night out in Sandy. Put on romantic music and dance around the house together. Plan a romantic dinner together just because.

Spend an hour listening to your partner talking about anything they want to talk about. Turn off all of your electronics and enjoy a night free from interruption. The quality time will make your partner feel more valued and reduce your need for couples therapy. 

Hitchedmag.com stresses that the “Valentine’s Day feeling” is integral to our ability to love. Many couples begin their relationships with this feeling in full force, but it loses its effect as time goes on. “You can have that blissful feeling, you can take love to the highest power every day; all it takes is a little appreciation. Appreciation doesn't just mean being grateful. Appreciation means to value something and be grateful for it.”

Couples in Sandy and elsewhere looking to reignite their relationships should focus on making every day feel like Valentine’s Day. It will keep your relationship youthful, fun, exciting and keep you out of couples therapy. 

Nicole Donaldson is a relationship writer for Fusion 360, an SEO and content marketing agency. Information provided by Swinton Counseling. Follow on Twitter.