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There are many activities that can help you come closer to your spouse.  Many of these activities are simple and some may require more effort that others.  Some of these activities and ideas to improve marriage are:

• Continue to go on dates.  The dating shouldn’t end at the alter.
• Flirt with each other.
• Make time for talking and listening.
• Take part in each others hobbies.
• Be silly together.
• Go on vacation together/with children.
• Attend Church together.
• Pray together.
• Send each other love notes.
• Read a book together.
• Raise your children with the same ideals, goals, and morals.
• Tell each other you love one another.
• Surprise each other with small, unasked for acts of service and displays of love

Showing love is vital for all husband/wife relationships.  Respect for each others opinions and feelings as well as respect for each others decisions should always be evident.  Show love for each other and talk kindly of each other in front of friends, family, and strangers. In today’s society many people think it is funny for a woman to talk about how her husband is clueless about how to run a household, or for a husband to mention to his friends how his wife doesn’t know how to keep her credit card in her wallet.  We see it all the time of television, family situational comedies such as Everybody Love Raymond,  or  Seinfeld with his parents and George’s parents.  Whether or not those things, or statements like them, are true, they should remain unsaid.  Comments like these, even when said in jest, can lead to problems within the home, hurt feelings, arguments, and lower self-esteem.

Be kind to your spouse today.  Let them know how much they are appreciated and loved.  Do something special for them or with them that will allow yourselves to grow closer.

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