1. Place God in the front and center of it

2.  Be your partners #1 fan and best friend

3.  Encourage their uniqueness and celebrate their individuality

4.  Respect them and yourself

5.  Love them as unconditionally as you humanly can

6. Forgive, seek to understand and empathize

7.  Fight for each other and your relationship aggressively and fight with each other fairly

8.  Stay faithful, always

9.  Communicate openly and often

10.  Be affectionate with your touch and your words

11. Play, laugh and have fun together, daily

12.  Never allow others to poison your relationship.

13.  Never give up