: Treat communication like "gasoline for an automobile"—without it, the relationship stalls. Focus on how you say things to maintain feelings of safety and security.
“Marriage isn't only for prayer, bills and instructions. It's for play. For love. For laughter. For dancing off-beat in the kitchen while brushing your teeth.” Facebook · MARRIAGE WITHOUT TEARS · 9 months ago
: Each partner gets three uninterrupted hours per week for themselves. This prevents burnout and reduces "testiness" by providing guaranteed "me time".
“I'm shocked at how much has shifted for us already... all the resentment, that silent cancer that eats away at marriages, has genuinely slipped away.” The River 105.9 · 5 years ago
Lightening the "weight of the world" at home allows you to laugh at worries rather than being buried by them: