Never Stop Flirting With Your Partner
My wife is great at flirting. With me, with her friends, with the audience. She knows flirting isn’t just for the people you just get to know. Flirting is just as important in a relationship as it is in the beginning. Maybe even more.
Fatherly’s refresher course on flirting with a partner is not a big surprise; it’s just a good reminder to get back into the habit. Just try giving a few compliments, a few humorous messages, or touching your partner as if you haven’t seen him naked a thousand times in bed, in the kitchen, or in the toilet.
The rules are basically the same as flirting with someone new , except that you already know your partner’s preferences and boundaries. You don’t need to resort to tricks likeopening a door wrapped in cellophane . In a long-term relationship, it just turns on to treat your partner as if you are still discovering him. Which of course you are. You can go far just by looking at them like you were on a first date.
And, of course, you can remember that first date and any other memories of when you fell in love, which will make you feel the same way as then. Just don’t advertise your flirting in public too much. Nobody likes a couple who kissed at a party, and nobody calls each other good flirting on the blog.
This post was originally published in 2017 and has been updated in 2020 to follow the Lifehacker style guidelines.