Sometimes life just gets in the way.

Routines, work, kids and friends. Sporting events, Christmas parties and your mum’s-cousin’s-nephew’s-daughter’s christening.

Before you know it you’re in a rut with your partner.

It happens!

But before you go searching for a new one, consider the fact that you probably just need a new outlook! Try these 20 simple tricks and you’ll see your love in a whole new light.

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Start a New Hobby Together

Don't deny sex

Laugh at his jokes

Compliment him

Do something crazy together

Go on a double date

Let him be the man

Ask him what he fantasises about

Get competitive

Ask your girlfriends what they like about him

Do it his way

Brag about him

Find his celebrity doppelgnger

Set a huge goal together

Hit on him

Break your own rules

Play the perfect hostess

Wipe the slate

Pretend you just met

Take a trip

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