Is your relationship with your significant other 'starving' for time? Perhaps you feel you're in a rut?
Being in a rut, or being bored in the relationship, leads to less closeness, which leads to reduced satisfaction in the marriage. People often think that couples who ‘never fight’ are the happiest; these findings suggest that a happy marriage involves more than merely a lack of conflict (though knowing how to work through problems in a respectful way is also key).When couples go through new experiences and challenges together, marital satisfaction increases. “It is not enough for couples to be free of problems and conflicts, the take-home message of research is that to maintain high levels of marital quality over time, couples also need to make their lives together exciting.”
So how can you keep things exciting in a marriage--especially when life takes over and you have real responsibilities? The key is to not only communicate and work through conflict in healthy ways, but do things together that are new and exciting. Here are some ways to do that, and maintain a happy marriage:
- Have a date night once a week
- Try new things- regularly!
- Participate in each other's lives (be active and involved in their interests)
- Have more fun
Following these steps can help you to enjoy life more, feel less stressed, and experience greater levels of marital satisfaction. Sounds "win-win", doesn't it?
2 comments:
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Hey Dr Obodo, just wanted to give you a quick update. I must be doing something right, because she came over today to tell me she has left the other guy and wants to get back together! She’s willing to do anything to work on our marriage. I’m following your advice and making her work VERY hard to get back in my good graces…so far she’s doing everything she can to make amends. Thanks for all the spell so far…it obviously has worked!”Reach on Dr via templeofanswer@hotmail.co.uk
Ryan K., Harrisburg, PA
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