TINY TRUTHS

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  "When things get rough, you don't just cut and run."
  --Tipper Gore, married to former Vice President Al Gore
  
  
  
  
  
• "We touch and tickle each other all the time."
  --Sharon, Costa Mesa, CA
  
  
  
  
• "We have absolutely no secrets from one another."
  --Singer/actor Harry Connick Jr., married to model Jill Goodacre
  
  
  
  
• "Renew your vows. Saying those words after you've experienced what they entail gives them more meaning."
  --Paula, via email
  
  
  
  
• "If a couple with kids has 15 minutes of uninterrupted, nonlogistical talk every day, I would put them in the top 5 percent of all married couples."
  --Bill Doherty, author of Take Back Your Marriage
  
  
  
  
• "Three things in life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind."
  --Author Henry James
  
  
  
  
• "I love romance: I bring Keely breakfast in bed on a tray with a single flower from our garden. I did that when we first started dating, andI still do it."
  --Actor Pierce Brosnan, married to former model/TV reporter Keely Shaye Smith
  
  
  
  
• "Bragging about your spouse to anyone who will listen."
  --Zeke, via email
  
  
  
  
• "Listen to phone messages on speakerphone. Tell your spouse all your passwords. Putting these private matters out in the open shows real trust."
  --Judy Kuriansky, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship
  
  
  
  
• "I took strip-tease lessons, and it really put me in touch and at ease with my body."
  --Actress Lisa Rinna, married to actor Harry Hamlin