love for you is still

love for you is still

It will always be you that brings fireworks into my life, not just on the 4th of July but every day before and after. I will always love you. Whether we are together or not, my love for you is still as strong as it was in the beginning. Maybe stronger because I am more determined than ever that we belong together. Now if I could only get you to believe it too and to stop being so afraid. I will never hurt you; I will never leave you. I love you unconditionally. I have seen both the best and the worst of you and I love you more because of that. I want to go back to where we were. I want to be even better than that. You know it's right, that's why even though we have been broken up for over a year; we still find our way back to each other every time we see one another. We can't stay away. I see your love for me in your eyes, in your smile and my love for you is reflected back at you every time I look at you.

my head on your

 my head on your........

It has taken me days to write this letter to you. Please read it with care and the understanding that much thought went into it.

I miss the way we were. I wish with all my heart that there was some way that we could go back to the days where your eyes beheld me as the most beautiful woman you had ever seen, when your heart felt lighter in my presence, when the thought of me kept you warm on a cold night. I still feel this way about you.

I know that I am the one to blame for letting that light in your eyes die. I know that I messed up, that the things that I did were wrong, and I wish that there were something that I could do to go back in time and change them. I know what it's like to be hurt the way that I have hurt you. It hurt me to see the pain that I caused and not be able to do anything to make it better.

Now here we are, together again, but it doesn't feel the same. I know you still care for me, and even love me, but I wonder if you are ever going to forgive me for the past. How do we get past the hurt? What can I do for you to forgive me, to let me into your heart again, to earn back your trust and once again feel the fullness of your love?

I look back on all that I took for granted, and I only wish that I had appreciated it, and I know that if I had that back, I would work to keep it. I wouldn't push it away like I did then. I would bask in every moment of the radiance of your love. I want a chance to love you the right way, but I need you to let me in. The distance between us tears at my heart. It is there even when I am in your arms. Yes, I have suffered for my sins, the greatest suffering I have ever known: feeling as if I have lost you and your love. I am asking that you forgive me.

I remember a time when we kissed and touched each other for the shear pleasure of it. How we loved to be next to each other- HAD to be next to each other. We couldn't wait until you were in the door before we were holding on to one anther. The way that we would lay together, being both a pillow and a blanket for the other. We where all that we needed to feel safe and warm and happy. You are still all that I need.

Back then we couldn't keep our hands off each other. On our way to here or there, me beside you, my head on your shoulders and my hands exploring your body. You loved it when I would whisper in your ear as we were going down the road. You singing, me smiling at your lightheartedness. God I miss you, and those times we had together. The times we would stop off too look at flowers along the road, or to stare at the stars in the middle of the night. Or, even to have some off-beat sexual adventure on the side of the highway. It was as if, once together, we couldn't resist one another.

We've decided to stay together, I'm glad of that, but what I really want is the chance to do it right, to make it stronger and better than it ever was. I want the chance to prove that I've changed, that I can be trustworthy, honest, open, giving, and understanding. I know I have a lot to do before I earn back that trust, but I'd like the chance to try. Love is what makes the difficult easy, and the impossible possible. I know that I am asking for the impossible- to be forgiven.

I long for the days when my touch affected you; made your heart race and your breathing quicken. When everything within you longed to pull me close. There was a fire in your eyes then, a hunger that I miss. Roses and candlelight may be fine for some, but romance is not what I desire, it is passion that I yearn for, passion that I feel I must have in my life, in your eyes. Time, hurt, and betrayal have erased that passion, but my desire for it is strong. I would do anything to feel desire burning through you as you take me in your arms.

I look at you now with new eyes. I have a new appreciation for the wonderful things about you that once I took for granted, and the beauty of a face that reflects both the man I love and my most loyal and dearest friend. No longer can I take you for granted, you are too important to me, too precious on every level; my best friend, the man I love; the one whose heart I once held in my hands. If only I had treated it right then, I know that I would hold it still.

The words of a song keep floating through my head, "If ever you're in my arms again, this time I'll love you much better. If ever you're in my arms again, this time I'll hold you forever. This time will never end." Even though you are in my arms, I know that you don't trust me with your heart. If ever I have the chance again, I would indeed do it so much better. But I just don't know if that chance will ever come. Will there ever be anything more than a reluctant reconciliation? I long for so much more. I need so much more. Maybe I have no right to need it, but I do.

With regrets of the past, and hopes for the future, I love you,

thinking of that morning

 thinking of that morning

I was sleeping, my hand was searching for you, but you were not there. I turned my head, I opened my eyes slightly and saw you fixing your new toy, the computer. I just smiled. It would be so typical of me to do. I didn't know that you saw me blinking, getting glimpses of you. I turned my head to the other side and slightly fell right back to sleep. Within minutes, I felt you beside me wearing your robe. I cuddled right into you, like two spoons against eachother. This may just be memories, but I still wake up at times thinking of that morning smile when you read my mind.

This New Year

This New Year

This New Year, give your love the gift of cherished memories. Make him a book to remind him of the year’s vacations, holidays, hikes, and even the lazy Saturday mornings that you hold dear to your heart.

Get Creative With What You Have Saved

Secretly create your masterpiece as a gift or gather your special mementos and make a date for you and your partner to make the book together.

Paste photos into an album and accent the pages with ticket stubs from that time at the movies, a dried flower from the bouquet he sent you on Valentine’s Day, the menu from your favorite rainy day dinner delivery restaurant, and your receipt for your contribution to Idol Gives Back that you both felt compelled to join in on.

A fun addition to any scrapbook or photo album is personal photo captions. Make them out of little strips of paper, mini-note cards or sticky notes. The captions can be for more than just photos. If you have a love note that your partner wrote you during the year, remember how it felt to read it for the first time. Write your reaction on a caption note and stick it on the letter in your book.

If you’ve been keeping a love journal or a personal journal and would like to incorporate an entry from it, copy it onto decorative paper paste into your memory book.

If you don’t feel like you have an ample amount of memorabilia and photos for your book, go back to places you’ve had good times this past year and collect them. For example, drive down to a restaurant you guys had a good time at. Take photos of the table where you sat, the bottle of wine you discovered there, or the sign on the outside of the building. Pick up a take-out menu, coaster or business card as well.

Memory Books Can Have A Specific Theme

If the two of you are into a specific hobby, you could make that your central theme. Cut out newspaper clippings having to do with your interest. Get scrapbooking stickers in your theme to decorate your pages and find famous quotes to write in.

Memory Book Cookbook
My boyfriend and I both love spending the night planning out a big meal. We hold hands while we go to the grocery store, pick out everything we need and then go back to his house to prepare and cook it together. This is our first Christmas together and I got him a "scrapbook" type photo album. On the first page I put a torn out recipe from a magazine that we enjoyed one night, and a pictures of us in the kitchen all messy and in the middle of a meal. It became a scrapbook of our relationship, to add more recipes and memories to as we continue cooking through the years together.
--submitted by Ashley

The “Love Book”
My sister-in-law and my brother made a book we all call the “Love Book.” It is full of song lyrics that they have written for each other and photos of them both, some silly, some beautiful. Some are pictures of them together, while some are individual. It is done in a scrapbook style with words like “love” and “forever” scattered throughout. Her husband gets embarrassed when someone new looks through the book, but you can tell that he loves it. We joke that if anyone ever wonders what she’s doing with him, just flip through the book and you will understand.
--submitted by MsNewlywed

Make A Digital Memory Book

Use Microsoft Movie Maker or similar software to turn still photos of the year into a slideshow set to your special song. PowerPoint is another fun way to compile your photos. You can add animation, notes, captions and sound to your memories presentation. If video is more your style, take clips from home movies and compile them into a home movie montage of your loving family.

it's important to remember that

it's important to remember that

The money factor is one of the most common sources of contention in a relationship. How you deal with hard times can either make or break you as a couple. While we as a nation may be in a time of economic hardship, your relationship doesn't need to suffer because of it. With a little creativity and these three rules, you can use this as an opportunity to strengthen the friendship and intimacy that binds you together as a couple.

Rule #1: Your Relationship Always Comes First
When dealing with any type of stressful situation, it's important to remember that you are a couple. What one person says or does affects the other. If you're stressed out, make sure you're talking about it with your partner. Don't bottle it up and expect things to "just get better." Your partner knows when something's up, so get rid of the guesswork and talk it through together. Two heads are always better than one when it comes to creative thinking.

Rule #2: Keep Having Fun
It's easy to let things in the fun department slide when life starts to get stressful. However, this is a crucial mistake. It's these types of situations where laughter and emotional escapes from your daily life are needed most. A little ingenuity may be just what you needed to "look on the bright side" and find a solution or different perspective for your current situation. Here are ten ideas to get you started.

• Water Gun Fight
• Game Night
• Spend the Night Coloring
• Test Drive Cars
• Rearrange Furniture In Your House
• Start A Garden
• Photograph Each Other
• Collage a "Dream Board"
• Picnic and People Watch
• Design Your Ideal Home

Rule #3: Have A Common Goal
To keep a group of people focused in the same direction, they have to have a common goal they are working towards. The same is true for a couple in a relationship. If you are both aimlessly living your everyday life without direction, it's quite likely you'll end up either in different places or somewhere you didn't want to be. Have a talk together and talk about your one year, five year, and ten year goals and ideals. You need to have something you are both working towards together, even if it's something as simple as planning a summer vacation or getting a new car.

What's worked for you as a couple during tough times?
Share your thoughts and ideas in our comments area below!

The best way to train him

 The best way to train him

Don’t let another night go by wishing and hoping that your man would get it right. Pleasing a woman takes knowledge and understanding. More than likely, your man would give anything to rock your world, he just doesn’t know how. Teach him how to please you by following our super sexy lesson plans. No need to share your plan with him; it will be our little secret.

You are about to embark on a serious training project and like any endeavor of this sort, it requires a good plan. One thing to keep in mind throughout the process is that you are training a man, and it calls for a bit more finesse than training say, a child, a dog, or an athlete. The best way to train him is to never let on that there is anything wrong. Instead, he should believe that you are expanding the adventure of your already wonderful lovemaking. In addition, secret planning will enable you to implement one of the most useful pieces of man-training: turning the neck. You have heard the metaphor that the man may be the head of the house, but it is the woman, as the neck, that turns the head in the direction she desires.

Smart women have figured out that if you allow a man to think that he came up with his ideas all on his own, he will be much more committed to following through with them. One of the key differences between a man and a woman is his need to be appreciated as a mastermind, a fixer, and a great lover. He actually needs that confirmation to retain his pride as a man. Women don’t need the ego confirmation like a man does. They need to be cherished, adored and respected. Play your womanly hand in this game of love and greatly increase both your chances of winning.

To begin training your husband, you will need to choose which lesson you would like to start with. You don’t want to overwhelm him with too much at the same time; it is too easy to slip up and make him feel bad about himself. You might choose to work on foreplay first, or it might be what he does or doesn’t do during sex, or maybe it is the lack of adventure in your sex life that you choose to tackle first. The next step is to choose your angle. Here are a few options:

• Take a love quiz like this one or this one together. It will open up conversation about what things you always wanted to try, what things really turn you on, etc.
  
• Open up a conversation by asking him about his desires first. Ask him what he really likes, what he would like more of, and what he’s always wanted to try. The conversation should then turn to what you really like, what you want more of, and what you’ve always wanted to try.
  
• Go out to dinner and have a few drinks. Then, as a “spur of the moment idea,” share your sensual wish lists with each other, writing down things you both hope to experience on cocktail napkins so you can look at them again the next day.
  
• Tell him what you want him to do in the heat of the moment. The closer a man is to climax, the more appeasing he is, so take the opportunity when he is hot and ready to tell him something you wish he would do. Say it in a super sexy way and refrain from criticizing him in any way. Say something like, “Oh baby, you feel so good… I want you to _____.”
  
• Mention something you’d like to experience when the two of you are doing something totally non-sexual, taking him by surprise with your non-shalant attitude. Imagine driving home from the grocery store and mentioning out of the blue that you have been imagining what it would be like to do it on the kitchen counter or wondering what it would be like to buy a sex toy together. That leaves it in his court, and odds are that you’ll have that fantasy come true before the week is out.
  
• Introduce your desires and fantasies by construing a little fib, “A friend told me a story today at work. You wouldn’t believe what she tried with her husband last night…” or “I stumbled on an article about something interesting today and it made me so hot, imaging us doing it. It was all about ____” or “I had the hottest dream about you last night. You were _____.”
  
• Set up a role play rendezvous where you are in charge. You could be a sex instructor or dominatrix. That way, you can tell him what you want him to do and he will love the idea of being “schooled” by a hot sex master!
  
• Challenge him. Bring out his competitive nature with a sexy challenge. One idea, if you are sick of the hum drum five minute lay before bed, is to tell him that you will have sex with him anywhere, anytime, as long as it is not on your bed. Another idea is to make a game with him, a challenge of who can take the reigns and create the hottest sexual encounter. You each make a short list of things you want and swap lists. Include four or so things that you like that he does already and four more things that you want him to do. Don’t tell him to do the same, though. Let him put whatever he wants on his list, so he doesn’t feel like this is a project to make him better in bed, but just a fun encounter to have. Roll dice to see who gets the first night and have a blast playing out your challenge and see whose rendezvous works out best!

Whichever angle you choose, just make sure that you encourage him to lead you just as much as you lead him. He needs to feel like an equal participant in pleasing you, and after he’s trained, you won’t have to try! In addition, don’t treat every opportunity as a training exercise. Let the lessons go once in a while. The goal is to make him a better lover without damaging his self-esteem. After all, it is a well-known fact that confidence is the most important element to attraction. If you knock down his self-esteem, you won’t ever turn him into the perfect love machine.

You don’t always need an angle. Definitely shake things up a bit. Remember that you are choosing one lesson at a time and you should try different approaches often so that he doesn’t begin to feel like his manhood is being challenged. Your training will go a whole lot smoother if he just sees you as being extra adventurous, not out to change his ways. Some secrets are worth keeping…

Find sexy ways to let him know what you want from him.

• Talk to him sweetly, using your bedroom voice. Whisper what you want in his ear, but do it kindly. For example, if he is pounding you like a jack rabbit, tell him that you want to “feel him more, slowly.”
  
• Give him physical clues to what you would like. For example, if you want him to handle your breasts more, put them right in his face. Men can’t help but grab onto bouncing boobies.
  
• If you want him to alter the way he does something, try doing it to him first. It won’t take long for him to get the hint that you are giving him. If that alone doesn’t get him doing what you want, show him how you like it by guiding him. Move his hands or body and tell him, “Like this.” Telling him how you like it while it’s happening instead of criticizing afterword makes it more of an erotic experience than a “schooling.”

You need to teach your guy what you like. Encouraging him when he’s doing it right is the most effective training method. It is called positive reinforcement and it is the essence of man-training. During love-making is the perfect opportunity for it because it is the time when he is most receptive. Memorize these tips like the back of your hand and use them every chance you get through the training process and after. A man can never get enough positive reinforcement.

• Let your inhibitions go and your vocals loose. The tiniest inkling to let out a moan or tell him “yes” and you should let it out. Scream if you feel like it, men love it.
  
• Don’t over-reward. Make your reaction in direct ratio to the amount of pleasure he is giving you. Most of this will come naturally of course, but it doesn’t hurt to keep it in mind while you are on the mission to train.
  
• Tell him that you really like what he’s doing and that you want to try it in a different position, in a different room, slower, faster, or whatever you want. The key part is to reinforce that you like what he is doing already and that you want more.
  
• If he really knocks your socks off, let him know by returning the favor. Blow his mind by doing something you know he loves. It may sound a bit impersonal, but a man’s mind works that way sometimes. This sort of reward system, if done properly, buries in his subconscious and he will associate doing what you like with getting what he likes.

The last stage of each lesson should be feedback. Voice a reaction to your lovemaking session, but do it with finesse. Use the tips below to close each chapter of training in such a way that his ego is in tact and you are that much closer to having the best sex of your life.

• It doesn’t have to be a formal discussion. In fact, the more casual your feedback is, the more he receptive he will be. For example, you could tell him, “You know, honey, I loved it when you ____ and I was thinking that next time, we could ____” and gently tell him what it is that you want from him.
  
• Be open and willing to talk about your desires with him, but make sure you are inquiring about his desires just as much.
  
• Don’t always have suggestions. Give him a lot of encouragement by telling him how hot the sex was, how much you keep thinking about him touching you, etc. Again, don’t pretend to feel that way if you don’t, but there are surely things you could pick out of every experience to praise him for. He needs compliments just as much as you do.
  
• Once in a while, it’s ok to give him a little sting. If he is doing something that drives you nuts, you may have to come right out and say it. Just make sure that when you do, he feels very loved and assured before and after. You don’t want to tack a sting onto a lesson already in progress. Let things ride for a while, then break the news, and then give him a while to get over the blast before resuming your lessons.

Be patient with your lover. Take one lesson at a time and give him a chance to master it before moving onto the next one. He wants to be the ultimate lover just as much as you want him to be.

new romantic nickname

 new romantic nickname

All Mine
Angel
Angel Baby
Angel Bunny
Angel Eyes
Angel Face
Angel Girl
Babe
Babes
Baby
Baby Angel
Baby Bear
Baby Boo
Baby CakesCutiehead
Darling
Darlington
Dear
Dearest
Dearest One
Dearheart
Deep Waters
Devil
Dimples
Doll Face
Doodle Bug
Dove
Dreamlover
Firecracker
Firefly
Fluffy
Goose
Gorgeous
Gumdrop
Gummie Bear
Handsome
Hon
Honey
Honey Bear
Honey Bee
Honey Bunch
Honey Bunny
Honey Buns
Honey Lamb
Honey Lips
Honey Love
Honey Muffin
Honey Pie
Honey Plum
Hot Honey
Hot Mama
Hot Stuff
Hotcakes
Hottie
Hubby Wubby
Ironman
Kit Kat
Kitten
Lady Bug
Lemon Drop
Little Kinky
Little Mama
Little Monkey
Little Muppet
Lollipop
Love
Love Angel
Love Bear
Love Bug
Love Heart
Love Muffin
Love Nugget
Love Sponge
Loveable
Lovealump
Lovebird
Lover
Baby Doll              
Baby Doodle
Baby Face
Baby Girl
Baby Love
Babycheeks
Babylicious
Bad Kitty
Beautiful
Big Daddy
Big Guy
Big Kitty
Blue Eyes
Boo Bear
Boo-Boo
Boogie Bear
Boy Toy
Braveheart
Bright Eyes
Brown Sugar
Bubba
Bubbles
Bunny
Buttercup
Butterfly
Butterscotch
Canoodle
Captain
Captain Underpants
Care Bear
Cheesecake
Cherry Pie
Chickadee
Chocolate
Chocolate Bunny
Chocolate Drop
Cookie
Cool Breeze
Cowboy
Cuddle Bear
Cuddle Bug
Cuddle Bunny
Cuddle Cakes
Cuddles
Cupcake
Cupid
Cuppy Cake
Cutie
Cutie Pie
Cutiehead
Darling
Darlington
Dear
Dearest
Dearest One
Dearheart
Deep Waters
Devil
Dimples
Doll Face
Doodle Bug
Dove
Dreamlover
Firecracker
Firefly
Fluffy
Goose
Gorgeous
Gumdrop
Gummie Bear
Handsome
Hon
Honey
Honey Bear
Honey Bee
Honey Bunch
Honey Bunny
Honey Buns
Honey Lamb
Honey Lips
Honey Love
Honey Muffin
Honey Pie
Honey Plum
Hot Honey
Hot Mama
Hot Stuff
Hotcakes
Hottie
Hubby Wubby
Ironman
Kit Kat
Kitten
Lady Bug
Lemon Drop
Little Kinky
Little Mama
Little Monkey
Little Muppet
Lollipop
Love
Love Angel
Love Bear
Love Bug
Love Heart
Love Muffin
Love Nugget
Love Sponge
Loveable
Lovealump
Lovebird
Lover