Best cities to spend NYE with your partner

As the year is coming to a close and new year’s eve is coming up, it’s time to make plans on how to celebrate the last day of the year. If you’d like to surprise your partner with a long trip or looking for some exciting ideas, we have a few cities perfect for the occasion.

London - As the capital of England, you can expect a huge extravaganza in the city of London. They put on a huge firework display around the London eye area and loads of people flock to see the beautiful colors lit up in the sky. If you love crowds and fireworks, you and your partner can countdown with the rest of the city into the new year.

Edinburgh - Edinburgh knows how to throw the best NYE party - and you and your partner can be in on the celebrations. There are plenty of concerts, torchlight processions, fireworks, and street parties to kickstart the new year.

Barcelona - Barcelona isn’t just a summer city, it livens up especially in the winter months with a fabulous celebration. The city lights up for NYE; plenty of clubs are open to dance the night away, there are many firework displays and restaurants to enjoy. Barcelona is a beautiful city and worth the exploration.

New York - Probably the most obvious and dream-worthy new year’s eve choice, New York is the perfect romantic location. The snow, the shops, the lights; everything screams happy new year! You and your partner can go to a Broadway show, celebrate dancing the night away and watch the ball drop at midnight. It’ll be a celebration like no other.

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The Vital Signs That Show Whether It’s Just A Crush Or The Real Deal

If you’ve got a mad crush on someone, it’s easy to get swallowed up by your feelings - but doesn’t love feel just the same way? Luckily there are some signs which can help you differentiate between infatuation and the real deal. Check out these three tell-tale signs which show whether you’re in love, or just crushing on someone.

Putting the person on a pedestal

While it’s common to believe that your loved one is very special, it’s not normal to believe that they’re perfect in every way. Love is about accepting them for all their flaws, not refusing to see the human side to their personality. With infatuation, it’s much more common to see perfection in everything they do and say, putting the individual on a pedestal which quite simply isn’t realistic.

Is all about physical attraction

Physical attraction is an important part of being in love, after all, it’s the difference between friendship and a romantic relationship! But love is also about having a deeper bond at an emotional level, not just sexual chemistry between you. By contrast, when you’ve got a crush on someone, it’s often about the physical spark and how the way they look makes you feel. You don’t have to know someone or have any kind of real intimacy to be overwhelmed by feelings of infatuation.

Can quickly disappear during separation

Long-term relationships are hard to maintain, and if your loved one has to go away for long periods, it adds a real strain. However, when you’re in love the saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder” is certainly true and you’ll be counting the days until they return. With infatuation, once the individual moves away or is gone for a prolonged time - such as serving in the Forces - it’s much easier to move on to someone else.

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Ways to Make Your Relationship Last

There’s nothing quite like entering a new relationship; the jittery feeling when you’re around each other, the discovery, the sheer joy! But often times, those feeling don’t last beyond the honeymoon phase. The reality is that relationships take work. Here are three ways to make sure your relationship lasts.

Compromise. It's a big one, and it's not only easy, but compromising is without a doubt one of the most important aspects to a long lasting relationship. Compromise doesn’t just mean settling on which movie to watch, it means ensuring that your life goals and priorities are aligned for the long term.

Communicate daily. "How was work, honey?" doesn't count. Talk to each other on the daily, let each other know how you're really feeling that day, be open and honest, and most importantly, be receptive to each other. This little bit of communication will go a very long way, hopefully for a very long time.

Keep it fresh. Many people end up stuck in a routine, with work life being so demanding it's easy to understand why. We don't have much time in the mornings before having to rush off to work, and by the time we get home in the evening we may be tired. That said, it's worth the extra effort to throw in a romantic gesture every now and again. Take your significant other out for a romantic dinner someplace new, or plan a surprise vacation, a bit of spontaneity will go a long way.

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