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Top 20 Stay-At-Home Date Night Ideas

Articles, Boredom, Date Night Ideas, Just for Fun, marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, Romance by Priscilla Hunt

by Fawn Weaver happywivesclub We all know how important frequent date nights are for keeping the fire burning with our spouse. But when money is tight, or a babysitter is nowhere to be found, keeping a regular date night can be a challenge. We’re here to help! We’ve scoured the web, looking for the best, […]

Tips for Quarantining Together: Date Night

Articles, Boredom, Date Night Ideas, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Stress by Priscilla Hunt

We know that date night is important. An hour a week together – just the two of us – can keep us connected, get us out of a rut, and continue to spark the romantic flame. But what happens when we’re quarantined together? Must we give up date night? Movie theaters and restaurants are closed. […]

What are we going to DO?

Articles, Boredom, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips by Priscilla Hunt

We’re facing the coronavirus. We’re spending more time behind closed doors. We’re spending more time together. We don’t have the distractions of friends, work, and school. So, what are we going to DO? Here are a 20 ideas. Play a board game Go for a walk – fill your lungs with fresh air Binge on […]

10 Little Things Connected Couples Do

Adventure, Articles, attitude, Boredom, Communication, Growth, Just for Fun, marriage advice, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship tips, Tips by Priscilla Hunt

You agreed to stick it out through sickness and health and for richer or poorer, but marital vows don’t address the other big things that can untie your knot—boredom, feeling out of touch, or worse, platonic friendship instead of an in-love partnership. While honeymoon headiness will inevitably decline, that doesn’t mean your relationship has to take […]

105+ Date Night Ideas

Adventure, Articles, Blog, Boredom, Date Night Ideas, Just for Fun, marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, Romance, Valentine's Day by Priscilla Hunt

www.datenightguide.com Make date night an oldie but goodie. How? Hit up a flea market or thrift, vintage or antique store. It’ll be fun to discover one-of-a-kind or eclectic pieces with your one and only love. House party (for two) in the back. Netflix may be your go-to for at-home date nights. But your backyard can shake things up. […]

20 Ideas for Date Night

Articles, Blog, Boredom, Date Night Ideas, Just for Fun, marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, Romance by Priscilla Hunt

cook a gourmet meal together read together – either read the same book aloud, or each of you choose your own book walk and talk ride bikes dabble in a new sport – bowl? skate? batting cage? putting green? dancing lessons? turn on a dvd or live stream a workout – do it together look […]

Is Your Smartphone Coming Between You and Your Spouse?

Articles, Boredom, conflict, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

By Greg Smalley How much do you love your smartphone? Probably not as much as the California man who married his phone in a Las Vegas wedding chapel during the summer of 2016! OK, so the ceremony in Vegas may have been ridiculous, but this man made his point about how connected people are to […]

Seven-year Itch? Boredom Can Hurt A Marriage

Adventure, Boredom, Communication, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

Science Daily 2009 Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Stony Brook University interviewed 123 couples in their seventh year of marriage and again nine years later. “These findings show directly, for the first time, that not only conflicts but […]

Dull days wreck a marriage faster than fighting

Adventure, Articles, Boredom, marriage advice, marriage help, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Romance by Priscilla Hunt

By Linda Carroll Shared adventures help stave off boredom in a marriage. And boredom, according to new research, is a top romance killer. When Jana Dolnik and her husband, Ladia, signed up for horseback-riding lessons, they never expected that their new hobby would come with an added bonus: sparks to rekindle their decades-long marriage. As […]

70 ways boredom can kill a marriage (and women are more likely to lose interest than men)

Adventure, Boredom, conflict, Growth, marriage advice, marriage help, marriage tips, relationship advice, relationship help, relationship tips, Uncategorized by Priscilla Hunt

By Fiona Macrae for the Daily Mail Stale mates: The research showed that while men are more likely to be bored with a partner outside of marriage, for those couples who had tied the knot the roles reversed Women are more likely to become bored in a marriage than men, according to a study. The […]

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