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How to keep the spice in your Second Life Healthy tips on how to keep you and your love one together and happy. ( picture of Mr. and Mrs. DirtySouth) There are some many reasons why relationships in second life fail. One reason is based on the fact that there is to many people that just do not understand the value of keeping a strong relationship healthy. Often times real relationships have grown into real life long lasting relationships. If you are like I was you would think that no this is not possible to maintain a healthy relationship on the grid. passions and fears. It's the mystery of the and even though it wasn't my idea of fun, unknown and the anticipation of the un- I decided to go with him so we could expected: I pray he are she is the one . share the thrill. It was the scariest thing I've ever done, but also one of the most As a relationship matures, though, we exciting moments of our married life totend to trade that intense feeling of freegether." falling for contentment and security. But why can't we have the best of both Granted, jumping out of a plane may be worlds: a rock-solid, comfortable, deeply more stimulation than many of us ever fulfilling partnership and a regular injeccare to experience, but there's always the tion of "but I barely know you" rock-climbing wall at your gym, the mystery? According to relationscream machine of your choice at the ship experts and some thrilllocal amusement park, or just watching a seeking couples, we can. Here scary movie together in the dark. are 10 ways to stay in love and never stop falling. there, as Alex did: "I met my husband at a 1. SCARE YOURSELVES SILLY nightclub, and we danced and flirted. His Medical experts liken the body's arm around my waist made everything fear response to sexual arousal seem just right." — our pulse quickens and we break out ( Juslovly Nowles and Michael Scofield ) in a sweat, which may explain why peoIt is all about known what you and your ple voluntarily bungee-jump or descend mate wants and if you too are what is full speed down glaciers on skis. We get a right for each other. The start of a relarush from being scared in a somewhat tionship is exciting, risky, even a bit scary, controlled environment, and when we do and we savor every slightly out-of-control it with a partner, we're brought together minute of it. "I'm crazy for him," we say. by the feeling of having conquered our "He makes my heart pound." That early fears hand in hand. Carol Worthington, relationship thrill comes from the high of 39, of Baltimore, can attest to this: "My discovery, from learning your partner's husband, Brian, wanted to go skydiving,