On Scheduling Quality Time Together:
"It's always a blast that we get to do love together," Russell said. Ciara went on to add that she and Russell — who are both inundated with busy work schedules — make a point of getting enough quality time together by setting a rule that they can't spend more than five days apart, which doesn't include the time they spend working on their joint fashion brands, fragrances, and charities. "When we first met, it was 14 days," Russell said. "Then it was 10 days. And now it's no more than seven or five. I don't know, it may be really five days at this point."
On Navigating Their Busy Lives:
As a starting quarterback in the NFL and Grammy award-winning musical sensation, respectively, Russell and Ciara don't often have a lot of free time, but they find a way to make it work. When they aren't together in person, they're FaceTiming or sticking to their Friday date night schedule. To keep in touch, the couple put an emphasis on communication, checking in with each other regularly with words like, "This week's going to be a challenging week, babe, because I've got this responsibility. What about you? What do you have?'" Russell said. "And at the end of every week, we always go through a checklist of questions of, you know, 'How'd I love you this week?'"
