We've all been there, sitting on the couch for the umpteenth weekend in a row, shunning date nights for tracksuits and takeaways, watching relationships play out in movies and on TV shows, wishing our real-life partners were a little more like our favourite BookTok hero or heroine. The more comfortable a relationship becomes, the more complacency and boredom creep in, threatening to bench romance once and for all. But all is not lost, boredom can be temporary, and there are plenty of ways excitement can be injected back into a stale relationship. HELLO! spoke with experts to find out exactly how to spice up your real-life romance, one small, yet intimate, act at a time.
Why relationships can start to feel boring
When the initial rush of excitement - driven by novelty and uncertainty -

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