The ability (and willingness) to admit when you are wrong is the number one sign that your relationship has true staying power, according to this research anyway.
Regular date nights, twice weekly sex sessions and saying ‘I love you’ every night before going to sleep are also among the top five tricks to keeping the spark alive.
For those who are counting, the survey, conducted for the Two Together Railcard in the UK, revealed the ideal number of kisses and cuddles exchanged on any given day should not be less than five.
Interestingly, working full time is more conducive to domestic harmony, with a shared taste in films and a mutual willingness to do the washing up also listed as important.
Here are the Top 20 signs of a great relationship, in order of importance:
1. Admit you’re wrong after an argument
2. Say ‘I love you’ before you go to sleep
3. Share household chores
4. Regular date nights
5. Take turns to cook
6. Sex twice a week
7. Share the washing up
8. Same taste in films
9. Meet through mutual friends
10. Three year, six months age gap
11. Two shared hobbies
12. Share three mutual friends
13. Three date nights a month
14. Best friends
15. Kiss five times a day
16. Cuddle five times a day
17. Have one romantic meal a month
18. Two weekend breaks a year
19. Both work full-time
20. Have the same taste in food
