Tips For Keeping Long-Term Relationships Healthy From HuffPost Gay Voices Readers

How Do You Keep Love Alive In A Long-Term Relationship? Try This!

A few weeks ago we ran a story about a new film that tackles the question "what does it take to make a long-term relationship last?"

As soon as we published that piece, we had you -- our dear readers -- sending in your experiences and tips from your own relationships and it got us thinking, Why don't we round a bunch of these awesome suggestions up and share them with everyone?

After all, when it comes to getting relationships right, we could probably all offer a bit of advice and what's more, we could all probably use a little advice too.

So, thanks to all of you tweeting at us using the hashtag #QueerLongLove, below you can find some of our favorite responses but be sure to check out the hashtag to see all of them.

Got some advice that we didn't share? Leave it in the comments section.

Going on 16 yrs. The secret? Love, communication, trust and laughter; lots of laughter. #QueerLongLove pic.twitter.com/WUG3Ud4wZm

— Ren (@RenBean) February 26, 2015

listening->patience->compromise->support->split duties ->priority ->sex #QueerLongLove

— Sananda (@Sananda13) February 26, 2015

@huffpostgay loving yourself, putting yourself first, maintaining independence, using fights as tools to move forward #6years #QueerLongLove

— RIKIS (@shopRIKIS) February 26, 2015

@huffpostgay #QueerLongLove love, accept, and respect your partner's personal beliefs. Also, don't compete with each other.

— Devan and Laci (@ThatsSoLavan) February 26, 2015

@huffpostgay you should be comfortable to talk about anything and everything! If not, how can you be honest with each other? #QueerLongLove

— Amy (@amyslittleweb) February 25, 2015

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot