2. Cultivate common interests.
2. 培养共同的兴趣爱好。
It’s important to keep your own hobbies when you’re part of a couple, of course, because you want to stay true to yourself and not change your personality. But you and your partner can cultivate common interests without changing who either of you are, and it will make your relationship stronger as a result. I love reading and writing, which are typically solitary hobbies, but my fiancé doesn’t hesitate to grab a book and sit next to me on the couch, or he’ll write a story too, and we can give each other feedback. He loves painting, and I can hardly draw a stick figure, but when he asks me to help him with a painting, I love to try and do my best with bright streaks of color. As a result, we’ve both found that it doesn’t matter what you do together (or in the case of my painting attempts, how well you do it), just that you’re doing enjoyable things together.
当然,即便谈恋爱也不能放弃自己的爱好,毕竟你还想做你自己,不愿改变自己的性格。但是,在不改变彼此的同时,你照样可以和恋人培养共同爱好,这样可以让感情更亲密哦。我喜欢阅读和写文字(典型的内向型兴趣),而我的未婚夫也很喜欢挤在沙发上跟我一起看 书,或者自己写故事,然后跟我讨论。他喜欢画画,而我在这方面完全是个白痴。但是,当他画画需要我帮忙时,我也很乐意尽力画上几笔。结果我们发现,做了什么事情并不重要(比如我画得到底好不好),重要的是——两个人在一起很开心地去做这件事。