When you love people, it is important to give and receive affection. Try to be comfortable with hugging or embracing friends and family members, giving them gifts, and offering them praise. Also, be willing to accept the same things in return. Do not expect an immediate reciprocation of your affection. For example, just because you give someone a compliment does not mean that you will get one from them in the next five minutes. Aside from just giving and receiving affection, you can also be forward about your feelings. You should tell people in your life that you love them and care for them. You also need to allow them to express their feelings to you openly and without judgement or ridicule. For example, a family member might come out and say that they love you. Instead of laughing at them or ignoring the statement, make it a point to say something back such as, "I love you too." There is no need to overdo it on constant compliments or expressions of love. Many people make the mistake of being fair weather friends. In other words, they are there when the someone's life is going well, but busy when that same person needs help. You should make it a point to be available to the people you love when they need help or support. This will show that you love them, and it will help you form a stronger bond and love them more. For example, if someone close to you recently lost a family member, cook them a meal and take it to them. Make sure that you go when you have time to talk and be present with them. When someone is in need, just being available isn't always enough. Sometimes, it would help them tremendously if you do small chores or run errands for them in a time of need. Help them complete tasks that they need done, or buy them a something that they have been wanting. For example, you could go grocery shopping for a friend that has just come home from the hospital. Another example would be to buy someone a meal after a hard week. If you're unsure where to start, you might volunteer at a worthy organization, charity, or community effort. Volunteering will allow you express your love to others, even strangers, and allow you to build connections to other volunteers with the same beliefs and passions. This will increase your overall capacity to love and care for others. You can continue to build the love you have for someone by keeping the relationship interesting. Do things spontaneously with people you love to build excitement and mystery. Make a point of offering and receiving romantic gestures from time to time in romantic relationships, and the passion in the relationship will stay strong.. Everyone goes through good times and bad. Life's emotional rollercoaster can make or break the love that you have for other people. If you want to continue loving the people in your life, be there to comfort them and help them through hard times, and allow them to do the same for you.
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One-sentence summary -- Get comfortable with affection. Express your love. Make yourself available. Do things for others. Be spontaneous. Comfort each other.

While trying to send messages during a time of political turmoil, Mary, Queen of Scots, used symbols as a substitute code for English letters and common words. Some features of Mary's code you might find useful for your own crypto-education include: The use of simple shapes for high frequency letters, like Mary's use of a circle for the letter /A/. This saves time while encoding. Common symbols used as part of the new code language, like Mary's use of "8" as code for the letter "Y." These can confuse code breakers who might interpret this as a number and not a code symbol. Unique symbols for common words. In Mary's day, "pray" and "bearer" received unique symbols, but these were more common then than they are today. Still, using symbols for frequent words and phrases saves time and adds complexity. Code phrases can collapse a lot of meaning into a single phrase. Even many kinds of military alert, like the DEFCON system, are simply well-known codes for a state of defense readiness. Come up with suitable code words/phrases in your everyday life. For example, instead of saying "I've got to run to my locker" among your friends, you might use the code word "Sloppy." To let your friends know that the person you want to date has entered the room, you might say the code phrase, "My cousin Bruce likes hockey, too." Books are relatively easy to come by. If a book has been decided upon as the key to a code, when you receive a message you can go to a bookstore or library to look up the key to decode it. For example, you might decide on using Frank Herbert's Dune, with code numbers representing the page, line, and number word starting from the left. Encoded Message: 224.10.1; 187.15.1; 163.1.7; 309.4.4 Decoded Message: I'm hiding my words.
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One-sentence summary -- Employ the code used by Mary, Queen of Scots. Use code phrases similar to military alerts. Encode messages with a book key code.

If there will be other guests present at the birth, ask the mother who she has invited so that you can anticipate the environment during delivery. If she has invited her children, ask if she would like you to take charge of watching them or taking care of them during and shortly after the delivery so that she is not worried about monitoring them. If someone with whom you do not get along well has been invited, consider whether you should attend the birth; inviting your personal drama into the birth experience may be uncomfortable for the mother and other guests at the birth. Some women may want your encouragement while others may prefer to simply have you stand back and stay quiet. Although this may always change once childbirth begins, it is good to have an idea of what the mother expects your role to be in advance. If you are close friends or siblings with the mother, do not assume she included an implied invitation for your spouse or children to attend. If you are the partner of the woman delivering, do not assume that you can invite your parents or additional guests without the mother's permission. She may resent you for doing such during or after birth.
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Ask about the mother's guest list. Find out how she expects you to behave. Do not assume the invitation is extended to your family or significant other.