Valentine's Day Gift Ideas: 7 Totally Free Ways to Win Her Heart

(CBS) Looking for the best way to show your love this Valentine's Day?

You could go with the same-old, same-old candy or sexy underwear, but psychiatrists who specialize in intimacy say there are better - and less expensive - bets.

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"Couples try to spice things up with sexy lingerie or exotic vacations, but the results are often short-lived at best or downright disappointing at worst," says Dr. Amir Levine, the co-author of "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment." "And to top it all off, they spend a lot of hard-earned money in the process. With such high expectations from one event, it is no wonder we can't live up to the hopes and fantasies we created around them."

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