Bring back that lovin’ feeling

As we mature as a couple we need to adapt together to changes in our lives, says Rachel Borrill.

HOW do you nurture a mature relationship? Now that the children have grown-up and left home, is your partner still the person you fell in love with? Are you still attracted to each other after 25 years or more together? If not, what can be done to put the spark back into your marriage?

The plot line of latest US box office hit Hope Springs may resonate with many older couples as Kay Soames (played by Meryl Streep) and her husband Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) have for years slept in separate bedrooms, avoiding any physical affection, their children have left home and she knows their marriage is in crisis. But he is in denial.