Marriage is Fun!

I remember those early days.

I couldn’t wait to hear from him.

Would I be available to go to dinner Friday?

Would I be willing to try cactus and alligator?

Yes! Why not?

I appreciated that he was adventurous and wanted to try new things.

What did he think about the March Madness teams? Who did he pick to win?

Where was his favorite place to travel?

I wanted to know him, be with him, and was giddy to see him.

The anticipation was palpable.

Years into marriage, this delight in one another does not have to diminish. 

Marriage is fun!

​That said, for me, I have to be intentional to keep the fun and anticipation alive.

The needs of everyday life make our messaging a lot less exciting than those early years,
as illustrated by a text chain we shared recently:

Pete: Vacation days approved.
Me: ❤️
Me: On a less exciting note: vacuum cleaner bags will be here on Tuesday.
Pete: Woohoo
Me: Is Spectrum Internet auto withdrawn from Visa?
Pete: Yep, we’re good.
Pete: I’m on my way to Sport Clips

See, marriage is fun! Hee…hee…

Can you relate?

The facts need to be communicated, and if you have children, the back and forth of ‘just-the-facts’ seem insurmountable.

So how do you have fun in your marriage?

Like in the What Makes You Shine? blog, the answer to this question is as varied as each individual couple.

What did you enjoy while dating each other?

How do you date each other now?

For us, traveling is fun.

Playing sports together, or going to sporting events, are fun.

Reading side by side at a coffee shop, stopping from time to time to discuss ideas, read a paragraph and get the other’s perspective, is fun.

What’s fun for you?

In The Little Book of Great Dates for Mates, Michael and Tiffany Ross¹ share these ideas:

• Laugh together (pull up a comedian on YouTube, catch Tim Hawkins in concert)
• Serve together
• Meet early for a breakfast date
• Take a class together
• Stroll through a park
• Make something together
• Go through old yearbooks and share stories
• Read a book together (one of you reading aloud)

The ideas are as endless and unique as you!

When was the last time you simply had fun together? Enjoying each other’s presence and your current experience?

Begin brainstorming together what you’d like to do.
Just talking about it builds excitement.

Then make a plan and put it on the calendar!

Begin to date your husband again.

Remember: you like each other!

Marriage is fun!

​​¹Ross, Michael and Tiffany, The Little Book of Great Dates for Mates: Unique, Fun & Meaningful Dating Ideas, ©2005, Barbour Publishing 

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