Re: Decline of intimacy...
^ my parents know all that. :D
Before they got married, he read a whole bunch of relationship books (those advice books. :D ) - I think he would tell her these things as they went along.
She's 50 something and still makes it a point to wear the perfumes that he likes at home. He's 50 something and still makes it a point to give her a break with housework when she needs it and he compliments all of us girls endlessly.