Marriage Advice For the Keeping Spark Alive
Real Couples Share How They Keep the Spark Alive in Their Marriages
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It takes more than vows to make a marriage last for years and years. Keeping that necessary spark alive in a couple takes so many things. Commitment. Compatibility. Dedication. Mutual goals. Respect.
After talking to many happily married couples, it was a joy, and at times funny, to hear how real-life couples keep the spark alive in their marriages. Whether it's separate bank accounts or just having fun together, it is possible to have a happy marriage full of life even 20 years or more later!
According to one happily married woman, keeping separate bank accounts helps keep the spark alive.
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Knowing how to still have fun together, 25 years later, counts majorly.
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Having your own identity and friends outside of the marriage is a huge boon to one married couple's spark.
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Making time for each other, outside of the kids, is an absolute must to keep the love burning.
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Picking up each other's slack — sometimes you'll do more of the work and sometimes your partner will.
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Common courtesy: being polite, thanking each other for small things goes so far, and using a kind tone even when arguing.
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Not overbooking ourselves as we are already busy — this way we have time for each other, said one happily married woman.
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Forgive each other and always remember why you chose that person in the first place.
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Do things together, like dancing and karate. Enjoy each other.
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Laugh together and have a sense of humor too, please.
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Check in with each other on your own individual goals and then help each other achieve them.
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Don't be lazy. Always, always date your wife, advised one husband.
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