LOVE
CELEBRATE TOGETHER
Marriage is an incredible journey filled with many ups and downs. While it’s often easy to become overwhelmed by the hardships your relationship has endured, research shows that spending time celebrating your relationship leads to higher marital satisfaction, especially when you encounter difficult situations. Need help celebrating your love? Try some of these ideas:
Spend meaningful time together:
• Put on “your song” and dance in the living room. • Give each other massages. • Gaze into each others’ eyes for 2 minutes…5 minutes…and notice what happens. • Hold hands. • Visit the place you met. • Visit where you were married. • Change up the bedroom routine. • Have a picnic at the park. • Get takeout and have a picnic at home by candlelight. • Renew your vows (even in the privacy of your own home). • Take a shower or bath together. • Look at each other’s childhood photos or yearbooks and share stories about the past. • Meet at a bar or restaurant as if it’s your first date. • Unplug for the night – no screen time allowed. • Attend church together.
Go on adventures:
• Plan and go on your dream vacation. • Go on a hike and talk about your dreams for the future. • Take a road trip to your favorite place. • Go wine tasting, beer tasting or on a food tour.
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• Book a hotel in your own town, for a night away. • Go camping together.
Share hobbies and activities:
• Cook with each other. • Ask questions and show interest in each others favorite hobby. • Take a walk, jog or run together. • Meditate together. • Read a book together and discuss the characters or what you learned. • Take a class together (painting, beermaking, photographer, coding—an interest you can share) • Garden together.
Do something for your partner
• Write your spouse a love letter. • Plant their favorite flower and enjoy the blooms throughout the year. • Make their favorite meal. • Make them a playlist of songs that remind you of them. • Clean out their car. • Bring them coffee and/or breakfast in bed. • Leave a message in the steam on the mirror while they are showering. • Pick up their favorite treat when you are grocery shopping. • Give them a hand-made card or gift. • Frame a special photo or memento for their side of the bed. • Draw them a bubble bath complete with candles, wine and soothing music. • Make their favorite dessert on their birthday.
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