So you've spent the last month enjoying an exciting new relationship or beingback in the squeeze of last year's honey. But you're getting sort of… bored. Or irritated. Or jaded. Or something that means nothing good for your partner. The fault-hiding glow of new love is fading, fast. But you're not quite ready to call it quits. If it's just a rough patch, there are some relationship fixes that might be able to get you through.

Switch up the pattern. If you two always walk to class together, take a new route. Make a vow to try one new restaurant or date spot every week. Switch up the times you have sex to make it more spontaneous. It's easy to feel bored or trapped in a relationship that follows a strict schedule. And exploring new things with your partner will make you two feel closer. Think Lewis and Clark, but with more hand-holding.

Get away. It's a little cliché, but it works. Take a trip together. It can be as short as one night, or even just a day trip. Head up to Cedar Point, rent a room in a hotel in Cleveland, go camping. Whatever your style or budget, just do something to get off campus together for a little while. It will give you two a chance to fully concentrate fully on each other. That's the idea, remember?

Double date. Grab another pair to bring along on date night. When you spend all your time with the same person, it can be easy to run out of things to talk about, but having another couple there can be a big help. People also tend to behave better toward their partner when other couples are around, so this could remind you both of some good habits that you've recently dropped. Plus, if they're the kind of couple who just fights all the time, you two will feel lucky to be together at the end of that night.

Mull it over. You say it's over because he never cuts his hair. But is it really his shaggy mane that is bugging you, or is it that it makes him seem like he can't take care of himself or doesn't want to look good for you? Take some time to think about the things that have been bothering you so much, and try to figure out why. There might be a pattern to the behavior that you and your partner can talk about and try to fix. It really is rare to leave someone just because they never wore your favorite color. There's a deeper reason.

Counseling. Getting help from someone else can save your relationship. You might even want to go in on your own at first, to try and figure out what your specific problems are with the relationship. Then when you bring your partner in, you will be better able to use that time there to work out things that are really wrong. Case's Counseling Services offers couples counseling for free to all students. They love love, too.

Relationships come and go, but when you have a good one, you want to try and hang on through the bumpy parts. And a few creative ideas and some patience can sometimes be enough to see you through. It can't always be fixed, but, hey, at least you can say you tried.

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