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 Today marks the second day of the new year. This is the time to make plans for the days ahead. As far as your relationship is concerned, paying attention to these six areas will make for a better relationship with your partner this year. Identify your blind spots: According to the author of Renew Your Wows, you should identify particular things that you and your partner have been arguing about over and over. He further notes that this could also be a complaint that your partner makes about your callous or uncompassionate reaction or tone with certain issues. “Ask...

Today marks the second day of the new year. This is the time to make plans for the days ahead. As far as your relationship is concerned, paying attention to these six areas will make for a better relationship with your partner this year. Identify your blind spots: According to the author of Renew Your Wows, you should identify particular things that you and your partner have been arguing about over and over. He further notes that this could also be a complaint that your partner makes about your callous or uncompassionate reaction or tone with certain issues. “Ask yourself,...

  Marriage isn't easy, but the work it takes to keep a marriage intact should be fun work, and not feel like a job you never want to do. That's why it's important to find New Year's resolutions for married couples that are mutually rewarding. It should be like cleaning up tags and wrapping paper after opening Christmas gifts, and not like shoveling snow, you know? Resolutions should be fun, functional, and feasible. Because one of the best feelings you can have as a married person is knowing that you are doing everything you can to make your partner feel...

Make it a Memorable Occasion The year is almost over! The holidays are upon us and you’ve already started setting your plans in motion for success in the upcoming twelve months. Now it’s time for a night of celebrating—but what to do? It seems most plans involve going out and drinking champagne or staying in on the couch and watching the ball drop. However, you’ve done one or the other for the past five years and you’re looking for something different. No worries, SignUpGenius.com is here with some unique ways to bring in the New Year with a bang! An...

Making New Year's resolutions as a couple is a sure way to help your relationship rock in 2016. New Year's resolutions tend to get a bad rap for being, well, fruitless. But making resolutions with a partner can help you stick to your promises and can also strengthen your relationship. This list of resolutions-for-two will help you ring the New Year in right, and keep your relationship rockin' all year long. 1) Do "Good Things" together (and not just around the holidays). Everyone feels generous around the holidays, and in December, soup kitchens get so many volunteers that they have...

Why not add a little romance to your holiday celebration? Christmas is for kids, right? Well, Christmas can be for couples, too. Although many people don't think of it this way, the holidays actually produce ample time, space and just the right energy to really ramp up the romance in your relationship. Think about it, you probably have a few extra days off work between Christmas and New Years, the pace slows down once the work and obligations are out of the way, and you notice that everyone is feeling merrier and bright, generous and loving. During the holidays, conditions are...

The holidays aren’t exactly the easiest time to make romance a priority. Chances are you and your husband are spending more time rushing around malls and dealing with seasonal stress than enjoying each other’s company. But making time for holiday romance isn’t a lost cause. We put together some simple relationship tips for injecting a little more love into the festive season. Make the most of evenings Once the kids go to bed, take some time (at least 30 minutes) to reconnect. You might be tempted to turn on the TV and sit in silence as you decompress from the...

Any festival occasion is always meant to spend some quality time with your family and friends. Similarly, an idea of spending some good time with your life partner is another romantic and wonderful way to enrich your relation with your partner. Since your partner holds a highly important position in your life, he or she has to be treated in a special way and of course through a unique and special manner. Christmas is such an occasion that ameliorates your relationship with your closed ones. As a result, such occasions like Christmas provides you with a great opportunity to share...

 My husband, David, recently had to travel out of town for several days. The first night he was gone, I was sad as I drove home from work thinking about shopping and putting up Christmas decorations by myself. As I walked toward the house from the garage, I noticed a sticky note on the door. "Goodbye, Sweetheart, I hope you have a wonderful week!" It was from David. My heart warmed thinking about his thoughtfulness. I was still smiling when I walked into the kitchen. I opened a cabinet and found another note stuck on a glass pitcher, "I miss...

The importance of having regular date nights in marriage is something we emphasize here at All Pro Dad. But have you considered double dating in marriage? The first year of our marriage, we didn’t have many friends who were married. This left us feeling isolated on occasion. Then we connected with other couples who shared similar values and views on marriage. In hindsight, that was a saving grace for us during those tough, confusing, and immature days together. The double dates provided us with friends who could relate to our marital experiences. It gave us accountability partners that wouldn’t let us continue...