What works in relationships: Advice from our readers

What you told us...

❤️‍🩹 After 31 years together with my sweetie, be the first to say "I am sorry" and sound as if you mean it. –Sandra J.

🚽 The secret to a happy marriage is two TVs and two toilets. –Brent P.

💞 We've been married 42 years. It's a never-ending evolution of a partnership that is always evolving to the next chapter. The longer you're at it, the more dependent you become on the partnership. Your feelings become the fragile outer layer. Be cognizant of it. –Mike C.

👑 Advice to husbands (stolen from NFL great Reggie White): "If you treat your lady like a queen, you will be her king." –Richard B.

❤️‍🔥 Our marital bliss advice is the same as our parenting advice — trust, respect and love. Those all need to be earned, mutual and endless. –Melissa H.

The bottom line: Reality dating shows are knocking on New Orleans' door —but our readers already know what it takes to build something real.

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