Celebrity relationships are frequently in the spotlight and most often it’s because there’s something going wrong with them. We love to know the latest gossip about celebrity divorces and celebrity affairs. But every once in awhile we hear about a celebrity relationship that has actually lasted through the test of time and we have to wonder how it happened.

Here are some keys to a happy relationship from those celebrities that have made it happen:

• Keep something special out of the spotlight. Even though a lot of the relationship will be public, the couple has to have those moments that are just between them.
• Schedule time to communicate. Every relationship book out there will tell you that communication is the key to a happy relationship. Celebrities have to work twice as hard because of their busy schedules and international lives.
• Build the relationship up over time. Books on relationships will also say that a strong relationship rests on a foundation of trust built up over a long period of time. Celebrity relationships often burn fast and fizzle out. The ones that last do so because they let the embers smolder over time and the relationship was able to develop into something real.

The fact of the matter is that happy celebrity relationships aren’t very different from the happy relationship of the average couple. They just need a little bit of TLC in some unique ways to accommodate the stardom that comes along with them.

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