6 Ideas On How To Make Time for Your Spouse

Married couples have to intentionally keep their relationship and marriage on the front burner of life. How? By finding time to be with just one another. This is not always an easy thing to do, as life will ALWAYS get in the way, especially when children join your duo. It’s common in most marriages—regardless of age. The following 6 ideas can help you intentionally make time for your spouse:

1. Cultivate a common interest

Your spouse should ideally be your best friend, and friends enjoy spending time with one another, find something that you both enjoy doing and do it together. Shared experiences enrich marriages and deepen friendship.

2. Have a regular date night

If you have a relative nearby who would watch your kids, take advantage of it. Have a day in the month that you go out with your spouse to keep the spark alive. No children, no distractions, just you and your partner.

3. Try new adventures together

Try doing something different to force yourself out of the normal day-to-day living. You and your spouse should like to do something a little more daring, consider fun and exciting activities together.

4. Write love letters to one another and read them over a romantic dinner

Writing letters is almost stale in this generation, but it can still be very romantic. You can express your love to your spouse in a letter. Then read it to your spouse over a romantic dinner. You both can record your letters to each other in individual journals as a lasting reminder to your legacy of your love for one another.

5. Set aside regular time to talk with one another—without any distractions

Make time to focus on one another and talk about the day’s events. The important thing is to share heart-to-heart and face-to-face. You can also have lunch together once a week.

6. Be accountable to one another

You may want to ask your spouse to keep you accountable in a certain area. You may have a  habit of over-committing yourself and having way too many things to do at the same time. Your partner can help bring you back to earth and establish a more balanced schedule. Accountability gives each marriage partner freedom and access to the other. It means you are both teachable and approachable. We are only human and everyone is fallible and quite capable of using faulty judgment.