16 Ways To Put Fun Back In Your Relationship

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There’s something utterly intoxicating about falling in love. There’s the high of starting a new relationship…the goose-bumpy adrenaline rush you get just from being near your honey. It’s enough to make you do the nuttiest things in the name of desire, like canoodling with abandon in highly inappropriate places and devoting hours at work to sending "I-miss-you-since-this-morning" E-mails. Eventually, though, as things become more serious, you sober up and lose some of that carefree kookiness. “Longtime couples get really good at maintaining an even keel, but you have to rock the boat every now and then to keep the passion and fire alive,” says Susan Bradley, author of Irresistible Prescriptions for Love: 90 Quick Cures for Your Love Life. So to make sure your love always stays a little loco, we’ve come up with a slew of wacky, and occasionally weird, ways to get that giddy, butterflies-in-your-gut feeling. Grab your guy, shed your sanity, and commit these acts of sheer lusty lunacy.

1. Go AWOL
Stage a last-minute getaway but leave your itinerary to fate. Just hop in the car with no destination in mind. Shack up in a cheap motel (you know, the kind with themed rooms), and be tourists in a random town—even if it’s just the next one over. “You can’t plan, so you just have to go with the flow,” says Bradley. “And since no one knows or cares who you are, you’re free to be outrageous.”

2. Be Filthy Rich For A Day
Masquerade as trust-fund brats or rock royalty and crash for-sale model units in ritzy condominiums—they’re listed in the real estate section of your local paper. Being partners in crime will give you both a thrill—let your imaginations run wild and ponder what a passionate night in such an incredibly lush home would be like. So many rooms…so many possibilities!

3. Ride A Roller Coaster
Head to the nearest amusement park and hop on every heart-thumping thrill ride in the place. You’ll feel like hormonal 16-year-olds again, and the adrenaline rush from the rides will put the va-va-voom back into your bedroom. Why? “Because all that excitement boosts your bodies’ testosterone, the neurotransmitter that makes you feel horny,” says Joel Block, Ph.D., author of The Magic of Lasting Love: The Step-by-Step Program to Help You Make Love Last. Just try to keep it clean in front of the kids on the merry-go-round.

4. Sport A Titillating Tattoo
Getting inked (just temporarily) in an erotic locale will up the lust factor because, despite the alterna-fadness of them, tattoos are still taboo. The best part? Seeing your skin art slowly fade from all the frisky fondling you’ll be doing. Jonathan, 28, a financial analyst, surprised his gal pal with a scorpion inked on his pelvis. “We dared each other to get a cheesy temporary tattoo as a joke,” he says. “But she couldn’t believe a yuppie like me would get something so outrageous-and put it there.” “Seeing an unexpected side of your partner or showing a different side of yourself brings back some of the newness and mystery of young love,” says Mark Goulston, M.D., author of The Six Secrets of a Lasting Relationship.

5. Have A Hedonistic Weekend
Clear your calendar, hide your watch, and swear off clothing for two solid days. Then rent movies, give each other massages, take baths, and don’t set foot outside unless there’s a fire. Staying cocooned in your apartment may sound drastic, but it’s a great way to reconnect and rekindle the sparks from that time when you thought about only each other. And when it’s just the two of you, anything goes: Order in dinner, and the next thing you know, you’re eating egg rolls off each other’s naked bodies.

6. Abduct Your Dude
Blindfold him, drive in circles until he’s thoroughly lost, then steer him to a secret destination: his favorite restaurant, an overlooking spot, or a secluded place for a sexual rendezvous. Planning a date around him, along with the thrill of the kidnapping caper, snaps you both out of the same-old-thing rut. He might up the ante on the next outing, making it a challenge to see who can top the previous date.

7. Get Analyzed
Even if you think you know every nuance about each other, having your handwriting analyzed or your palms read will reveal different dimensions of yourselves and remind you of those traits that first got you hooked. Whether he’s a doer and you’re a dreamer, or you’re outgoing and he’s the shy type, your analysis will highlight how you complement each other, adding the spark to electrify your romance.

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