Talking Tuesday
Share your thoughts, feelings, and stories as well as respond to others regarding these questions:
What do you and your spouse (or significant other) do to keep things fun?
I’ll get us started …
Steve and I love to have fun! In fact, sometimes I think it’s our life’s mission because whatever we are doing, you can be sure there’s lots of laughter involved. Because we enjoy “playing,” we go out of our way to cultivate that in our relationship.
One way we do that is planning fun things to do. If it sounds interesting, we do it. If it’s something we’ve been wanting to do, we plan it. If it’s somewhere we’ve wanted to go, we go. We look for opportunities to make memories, have fun, and laugh a lot together. It really just entails creating opportunities to have fun and then making the most of those opportunities.
Something important to keep in mind is to not take yourselves too seriously. Life is stressful enough without making it more stressful. Laugh at yourselves, and roll with the punches. Laughter is the best medicine, so when all else fails, laugh!
Okay, it’s your turn!
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August 29th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Having been together as long as we have, we have learned to have fun doing the little things. We love to have our grandchildren as much as possible and do manythings with them such as parades, petting zoos, childrens carnivals, fishing, hiking, swimming. When we are alone we enjoy listening and singing many different kinds of music. We will sing in the car, in the house and we like to go to the local coffee house to listen to bands. We make it our goal to get the most for the least amount of money. I have been told by my friends and my children I am good at finding fun free things to do as they will call me all the time to ask me what is going on , so that they can do something too.
September 4th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Vicki, thanks for joining the conversation! What a gift to know how to have fun doing the little things. It sounds like you and Lauren have the music thing in common; I want to try that out with my husband. It’s got to be an added adventure trying to save money while going out … a fun and helpful skill that it sounds like you’ve mastered! It’s nice you are able to encourage your friends and family with your frugal ideas to get out and about.
August 28th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
We love to go listen to different types of music. We try current places we have never ate at. We talk alot. We both have busy schedules so we MAKE time to just talk and shoot the breeze. one of our favorite things is playing games! Card games, board games, and ps3 move games.
September 4th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Lauren, what fun! I love the simplicity of your approach to having fun together! My husband and I love games too; they are a fun way to laugh and spend quality time together. We will have to try going to different places that play music; that sounds like fun! Thanks for sharing! I’m so glad you guys make that time to be together!
August 28th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Since we have a bunch of grandkids (9) we love to do things with them. Just to see the expression on their faces with the simplest of activities makes many of parenting hardships pale by comparison. Laughing in large doses certainly helps with the normal ups and downs of life…
August 28th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Jeff, I couldn’t agree more with you; laughter is medicinal. That’s why I think it’s so important to maintain in a marriage. With 9 grandkids, you are bound to have lots of fun and laughter!
August 28th, 2012 at 5:23 am
Oh and I forgot one of my other favorites… We love dreaming and talking about trips we will take and where we want to travel. We go as far as planning what we would do in that city… Dream a little dream– it never hurts:)
August 28th, 2012 at 5:21 am
My husband and I love to go on walks in the evening. We also love to go on day trips to towns around us and just walk the different cities. Drives in the car are one of my favorites, driving nowhere planned but just taking in God’s beauty. We are simple, but all of these things make for great conversation.
August 28th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Shayla, thanks for kicking off the conversation! I love how you and your husband introduce fun into your marriage through simple acts of joy. Personally, I think simple is often better just because it doesn’t distract you from the moments. And dreaming is always fun! In fact, it makes it that much more exciting when you one day check those places off your list