Good for your marriage

[jamesglewisf]

Consider turning off the TV for one month. Spend more time visiting. Step out the front door and get to know your neighbors better.

[RoadRunner]

I'd recommend turning of the PC for a month, but then FrappyDoo! wouldn't have any visitors. ;)

[jamesglewisf]

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[Lisa]

We moved, 2 years ago, to a temporary house. We're still in it. :( But when we moved here we didn't bring our TV with us. After about 6 months we did get it out and put it in the basement but we only got one channel. It was great! The kids passed the time playing board games together, or just playing together. We didn't have time for TV once we got here, and now that we have a TV back in the house, we only watch one show a week - CSI. The kids still only watch about 30 minutes of TV on an occasional day, but most days they don't watch it at all.

It's amazing what getting rid of a distraction and a time-waster like that can do for your family! :)

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Lisa

[jamesglewisf]

Another good thing for your marriage: Go on a date.

Wash the car, get dressed up, go to a fancy restaurant, and remember the excitement of your first few meals together.

[TWTCommish]

Originally posted by jamesglewisf
Another good thing for your marriage: Go on a date.

Wash the car, get dressed up, go to a fancy restaurant, and remember the excitement of your first few meals together.
I think that's really great advice. :)

[Austruck]

LOL! In my case, the first few meals we had together weren't that much fun! I still don't know why I went on a second date with my husband, except that he offered to pay again! LOLOL!

But, if you jump ahead about eight months from our first few meals, then things had kinda settled in nicely.

Otherwise, though, good idea. (Especially since the part about turning off the TV would not work in this house!)

Linda

[Madge]

My husband and I have a "date" once a month. Just the two of us - no friends or tagalongs. We go somewhere out of the way so as not to run into anyone we know. Undivided attention to each other. We get dressed up, he buys me flowers, we hold hands in the car and have the best time! Sometimes we eveb go "parking". We have also recently started ballroom dance classes together. I'm almost embarrassed to say, but it really has been adding a "spark" to our lives! It's almost like starting over again, and very sensual.

[jamesglewisf]

That's nothing to be embarrassed about. It sounds like a great idea.

[raybeck]

Madge, I think that sounds beautiful. We should all take heed, and do that sort of thing more often!!!

[Madge]

Thanks, Raybeck! People forget how important their spouse/partner are to them. Sometimes they forget how and why they fell in love in the first place. When my husband and I married 7 years ago, we promised that wouldn't happen. It almost DID! We thankfully recognized that and fixed it. Don't get me wrong - there are days when I could tar and feather the man, and I KNOW I'm no prize on the best of days, but I smile everytime I see his face come through the door, or hear his voice on the phone. And don't forget to say "I Love You" everytime you part or go to sleep at night!!!

[DomesticGoddess]

Consider turning off the TV for one month. Spend more time visiting. Step out the front door and get to know your neighbors better.

I would if I liked my neighbors more.
I use to bake cakes & cookies for the neighbors.
My daughters use to babysit for the neighborhood
children, and my daughters use to work for the
neighbors at their strawyberry farm in the summer,
but stll the parents were never very friendly.

Now the older lady & husband who live next door,
( the couple I use to take home baked goodies to )
the wife is now the neighborhood gossiper.
She has angered me more than once.

One of the couples which 2 of my daughters use to babysit for,
would only say "hi" when passing by when going out for a walk,
but would snob us when in town shopping.
I just don't get "some" people.
Can't say I didn't try or make an effort to get along.

[Noseypoo]

Where do you live? Won't you be my neighbor? {toothy}

You're right though, I feel the same way, you go out of your way to be nice to people ... and the BAM!, it bites you in the butt ...