I recommend making love (having sex) during halftime, give it a try you might be pleasantly surprised.

30 million viewers or more usually watch the football playoffs starting this Saturday and Sunday. Making love burns calories to offset by your fixing your partner’s and your favorite food during the playoffs. You can do your own “tackling” and cuddling while watching which elicits that cuddle hormone ” oxytocin,” that gives a “rush” and a real “high,” equivalent to the touchdown of the playoffs.

Every savvy woman knows how much football means to her partner, so if you can’t lick ’em join ’em. This is a great way to connect with him during halftime. If you support his passion, the “passion” will be returned in spades to you.

Here are some Smartheart tips from my Make Up, Don’t Break Up book to encourage those Pom poms, even if you need to “dust” them off. Make halftime your time with these skills that I call the “running drills.”

1. Stay on the sidelines as you watch, no talking at all and especially avoiding hot topics. There is only one announcer allowed, and that’s the one on the television.
2. As my grandma always said, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so surprise him with his favorites during the games. The PEA in dark chocolate is a high full of antioxidants and acts as an aphrodisiac for “touching down,” try it.
3. Another thing you can do is to read up on what team is playing, who the quarterback and running backs are. Your partner will be amused and feel closer to you that you took the interest by prioritizing what’s important to him. You can also download the NFL app for stats and predictions, and you will see doing this might even affect him remembering a card and celebrating valentine’s day with you as you like it. One of my patients got a proposal after watching football with her partner without moaning and complaining. She even said that this gets her the academy award for a lifetime. A trophy from her partner!

Enjoy the games this weekend!

I would love to hear how everything turned out. Please feel free to email me and share your experiences.

Here is to finding and keeping real love!

Dr. Bonnie Eaker-Weil (Dr. Bonnie) is a relationship expert known as one of America’s best therapists, and by New York Magazine as one of New York City’s best therapists.  US Commerce Association voted Dr. Bonnie Best Therapist 2011-2017.

Known as “The Adultery Buster” and the “No. 1 Love Expert,” she is the best-selling author of Adultery: The Forgivable Sin (adapted into a Lifetime movie starring actress Kate Jackson), Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples, Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery?, Staying Not Straying, How Not to (S)mother Your Man and Keep a Woman Happy, and Financial Infidelity; The #1 Relationship Wrecker.