| Families that play together stay together. You are | | | | What would your favorite date have been? What |
| probably familiar with this saying, but have you ever | | | | fantasies did you have? If you both take the time to |
| stopped to really think about what it means? Couples | | | | write these things down in detail, you can have lots of |
| who take time away from the daily grind to just enjoy | | | | fun making them come true for one another. Make it |
| one another tend to remain together much longer than | | | | even more fun and shake them up in a hat. Each |
| couples who don't take that time. Whether you are a | | | | person draws one out and finds a way to make it |
| married couple with kids occupying all of your free | | | | happen within a given time frame. |
| time, newlyweds afraid of drifting apart, or just a | | | | Make It A Family Event |
| couple intensely in love but extremely busy, it's crucial | | | | While it is crucial that you spend time together as a |
| that you learn to play together to save a relationship | | | | couple to save a relationship and remain in love, it is |
| from losing its spark. | | | | also important to bond as a family. If you have children |
| Playing together translates into just spending more time | | | | now, make a point to include them on special family |
| without the TV or computer and with the cell phones | | | | dates. Go places you might not otherwise go or |
| turned off. Quality time where you can just focus on | | | | create spontaneous moments of fun. Maybe you can |
| one another will keep the personal bond strong so | | | | turn a play at the school into a nice evening out for ice |
| when hard times hit (as they always do) you are more | | | | cream or take off for a day and enjoy a water park |
| likely to pull together to save a relationship than to pull | | | | without any distractions from work or others. |
| apart. | | | | Establish Traditions |
| Going Back In Time | | | | The best way to ensure time as a family is to develop |
| If you have been together awhile, what are the things | | | | your own traditions around your favorite holidays. |
| you used to do together? Maybe you enjoyed bowling | | | | Maybe have a day of baking as a family in December |
| or taking off for long weekends in the mountains | | | | and then deliver the goods to family members or a |
| before the kids came along. Perhaps you used to go | | | | homeless shelter. You may even pick somewhere in |
| to sporting events enjoyed by one another just for the | | | | your state that you enjoy visiting and make it a |
| personal time, but now you each only go to your own | | | | planned family trip every year. Maybe it will be a |
| functions alone. | | | | weekend skiing or camping out in the mountains. When |
| Whatever it is that you used to do together, get back | | | | people have projects like these to plan and share |
| into it now! You are never too old or too tired to go | | | | together it really can save a relationship from drifting |
| out dancing or start participating in sports again. If you | | | | into the same old routine and cause one or both |
| used to get dressed up and enjoy fancy restaurants, | | | | partners to start looking elsewhere for excitement. |
| do it again. Maybe you can't afford those high class | | | | Most couples drift apart because they simply grow |
| meals anymore, but you can get dressed up and just | | | | apart. They lose that connection and the love quickly |
| go out anywhere else and make it just as special. | | | | follows. Avoiding that requires some sacrifice of time, |
| Escaping Reality | | | | but it will be well worth it. |
| Think back to when you were 20 and full of dreams. | | | | |