Develop your own special occasions. They can be to celebrate something you have experienced together or just because.
You can celebrate the anniversary of your first meeting, the first snowfall, your cat’s birthday, paying off a charge card or cleaning out the garage. Celebrations are fun and help us wake up and notice the good things that happen to us.
Your weekly assignment, should you choose to accept it:
Pick something to celebrate together, and do it today!
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written by Laurie Weiss
\\ tags: Communication, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Special Occasions
Attend classes and workshops together. Going through an adult education catalog and choosing what you would like to learn together is a good way to tune in to your partners interests.
Learning something new together will help you to keep the relationship alive and growing. Often, choosing something fun that neither of you know anything about, and that requires a minimum amount of time and/or money, is a good way to start.
Your weekly assignment, should you choose to accept it:
Get two copies of a local adult education catalog. (It could be a church bulletin.) Each of you independently mark classes that you are interested in attending. Compare your notes, and see if there is any overlap.
This is an excerpt from Being Happy Together: How to Have a Fabulous Relationship With Your Life Partner in Less Than an Hour a Week, by Laurie Weiss, Ph.D.
written by Laurie Weiss
\\ tags: Play, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Togetherness
Take a mini-vacation. Go away for the weekend, or for an hour or two, with minimal planning, just because it seems like a good idea.
Spontaneity is a wonderful way of keeping your relationship fresh. The more often you act spontaneously, the more likely you are to do so again. Be sure to take time to do what you want to do as well as to follow through on all of your commitments.
Your weekly assignment, should you choose to accept it:
Decide what you want to do, and Just Do It!
This is an excerpt from Being Happy Together: How to Have a Fabulous Relationship With Your Life Partner in Less Than an Hour a Week, by Laurie Weiss, Ph.D.
[tags]Relationship Advice, Play, Relationships[/tags]
written by Laurie Weiss
Play together in silly ways. Blow bubbles, finger paint with chocolate pudding on the kitchen table and lick it off, splash each other, sing …
When you are tired, stressed or tense, one of the fastest ways to release the tension is to find a reason to laugh together. Doing silly things together is a great way to do this. It doesn’t have to take very long, and either one of you can start the process rolling.
Your assignment, should you choose to accept it:
Make a list of silly things you can do together. Choose one thing and do it. If you can’t think of anything to put on your list, choose something from my earlier suggestions and do that.
This is an excerpt from Being Happy Together: How to Have a Fabulous
Relationship With Your Life Partner in Less Than an Hour a Week,
by Laurie Weiss, Ph.D.
[tags]Play, Relationship Advice[/tags]
written by Laurie Weiss
Laugh together. Share the jokes or cartoons that make you grin, rent a funny video or remember the stories about funny (especially in retrospect) things you have experienced together.
Laughter is healing and brings you closer together. It’s a great way of relieving tension, especially about the unavoidable challenges of living in such a complex world.
Your assignment, should you choose to accept it:
Whenever something makes you smile or laugh this week, take a moment and share it with your partner.
This is an excerpt from Being Happy Together: How to Have a Fabulous Relationship With Your Life Partner in Less Than an Hour a Week, by Laurie Weiss, Ph.D.
[tags]Togetherness, Relationships, Play, Relationship Advice[/tags]
written by Laurie Weiss
After being together for nearly 50 years — and married for over 47 of them, it’s hard to find a good birthday present. So this year I just gave Jon the experience of floating in a 120 mile per hour wind tunnel. And I decided to try it too. I’m sharing it here just for fun.
Be sure to watch both videos. The first shows me, dressed in pink, and my husband, dressed in yellow, indoor sky diving for the first minute. The second is the end of my third minute.
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[tags]Relationships, Play, Self Care[/tags]
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Challenge your partner to resolve a problem with a squirt bottle duel at ten paces. If the situation is really serious, Continue reading »
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Walk, hike or plant flowers together. Being outdoors, even to do “work,” makes most people feel happy.
When we’re indoors, there are constant reminders of many things we need to do. These may distract us from being together. Getting away from those reminders, even for a little while, reminds us of going out to play when we were children.
Your assignment, should you choose to accept it:
When you’re both busy being responsible and doing what needs to be done, suggest a break. Invite your partner to take a walk with you. Play hooky and enjoy yourselves.
This is an excerpt from Being Happy Together: How to Have a Fabulous Relationship With Your Life Partner in Less Than an Hour a Week, by Laurie Weiss, Ph.D. You can get more information HERE.
[tags]Togetherness, Relationships, Play, Relationship Advice[/tags]
written by Laurie Weiss
Enjoy touching each other in both sexual and nonsexual ways. Enjoy is the important word — it means you must communicate about what is pleasurable and what is not.
Being physically touched is the very first way every human being learns Continue reading »
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Organize the activities you are most interested in doing. If your partner agrees to accompany you to a concert or sporting event you particularly want to attend, you get the tickets.
Most people feel a bit resentful when Continue reading »
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