What are your relationship tips?

[Dobie]

Every relationship has room for growth - I think it's working on the growth that cements the bonds of a relationship and makes it stronger.

If we all post some things that we do to make our relationships successful, we might learn some positive approaches from each other in areas that we might be struggling.

Jim and I have agreed on a couple of rules when we have a disagreement. We are both committed to these and I think it allows us to speak our minds without being hurtful or abusive.
1. Absolutely no name calling or profanity to make a point. We agree that we love each other, so calling each other a jerk, bitch, or whatever is unacceptable even if we are angry.
2. We have a red checker velcroed to the fridge - if we are having a disagreement and someone feels that it is hostile or they are feeling attacked, the checker comes out and the discussion is tabled for 24 hours - we agree not to discuss until we can each re-evaluate and reapproach with cooler heads
3. This rule is the one that I have to remember because sometimes I'm tempted to break it - no bringing up previous arguments, we have resolved issues in the past, there is no reason to throw something back in the other person's face just to be hurtful

One thing I do to show Jim that I appreciate him is in the winter I put towels in the dryer as he is getting into the shower - when I hear the water turn off, I run down grab the towels and run them into the bathroom so that he can dry off with a nice toasty towel.

I'd like to hear how some of you work on your relationships, like I said, maybe we can all learn from each other.