When some marry people stay long together, their love and care for each other can start going down. If it happening in your marriage, you not think that something to think about?

•  What you need to know

•  Wetin you can do

 Showing love and care important in making the marriage strong. For our body to be strong and healthy, it always important to eat food and drink water. That the same way when we always show love and care to our husband or wife, it can make our marriage strong. Even if husbands and wives been marriage for long time, they must continue to show love and care for each other.

 True love not selfish. It can make the husband and wife to always look for ways to make each other happy. So, don’t just show love when you feel like showing it. The husband or wife who really care for each other will know that their mate need love and try hard to show love.

 Wives need more love and care than their husbands. A husband may really love his wife. But if he only show it in the morning and in the night or when he want have sex, then his wife will not be sure if he really love her. So, it good to always show love every day.

 Show love by saying it. Just saying something like “I love you” or “You so precious to me” can make your husband or wife to know that you love them.

 Bible advice: “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”​​—⁠Matthew 12:⁠34.

 Remember this: You not only need to show your love by saying it. But you can use letters, e-mails, or text messages to tell your husband or wife that you love them.

 Show love by what you do. Small things like holding your husband or wife hand, hugging or kiss them, can show that you really mean it when you say “I love you”. You can also show that you really care for your husband or wife by looking at and touching them in a loving way or giving them gift from time to time. But what about doing some small-small things to help your wife ​​—⁠like, carrying bags, opening door, washing dishes, washing clothes, or cooking? It can help plenty wives to know that their husbands not just helping them, but they really love them!

 Bible advice: “We should love, not [only] in word or with the tongue, but indeed.”​​—⁠1 John 3:​18.

 Remember this: Treat your husband or wife the way you use to do it the time yor were dating.

 Find time to be with each other. Spending time together can make your marriage strong. And it can make your husband or wife to know that you love them and you want them to be around you. Finding time for only two of yor to be together can be hard especially when yor get children or if your get plenty important things to discuss every day. Maybe yor can make plan for only the two of yor to do something like walking around.

 Bible advice: “Make sure of the more important things.”​​—⁠Philippians 1:​10.

 Remember this: Some husbands or wives can be busy. But they can still find time to be together on “certain nights” or “during the weekends”.

 Know your husband or wife good-good. Everybody get different way of how they want people to show them love. So, talk with each other about whether you need more love and how you want your husband or wife to show it. Try your best to show love the way your husband or wife say they want it. Remember that love really important in making your marriage strong.

 Bible advice: “Love. . . does not look for its own interests.”​​—⁠1 Corinthians 13:​4, 5.

 Remember this: Instead of forcing your husband or wife to love you, ask yourself, ‘Wetin I can do to make my husband or wife to show me more love and care?’