Comments on: Nurturing Your Marriage

By: Theresa Davis

Theresa Davis — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:10:00 +0000

Both my husband and I struggled with this for the first few years of living together. We were both working, there were house chores to be done in the evenings, on top of dinner and baths. We often also had to do work at home to make the day at work easier for the next day. It took a few years, but we finally settled into our community and our ‘lives’. We have a date night when we miss each other, and if our work goes out of town, then we try to follow the other (especially during the summer – kids go to Grandma’s). Not only is it awesome to see each other again, its GREAT because we aren’t haunting the same ol’ places. Going out of town together also seems to make the date feeling last longer It’s still a constant thought, and sometimes struggle, but it’s feels better because we talk about it, and I know that he thinks about it too. I love knowing my husband loves me enough to miss me. <3

Thanks for the post. I enjoy knowing I'm not the only one out there who thinks about these things.

By: Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:07:00 +0000

Definitely something I’ve struggled with recently. We scheduled date night and make it a point to say “I’d like to talk to you away from the computer” when we really need some focused, quality talk time. That has helped a lot. :)

By: Fantastagirl

Fantastagirl — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:02:00 +0000

Read the Book “The Five Languages of Love” by Gary Chapman.

Once you understand what each one means, and you know which language your spouse speaks, you can strengthen your relationship. I believe there is a book for children as well. Everyone is different, there is no right or wrong, but it’s important to know what they think love means to them.

By: Miss Britt

Miss Britt — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:46:00 +0000

Melanie, this is such an important topic that isn’t discussed often enough, I think. We talk about balancing our roles as moms, but it’s easy to put the marriage part aside. I love the suggestions – especially Fadra’s! (That’s actually something we’re talking about on our Til Blog Do Your Part panel at BlogHer next month!)

By: modernmami

modernmami — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:06:00 +0000

So glad you enjoyed it!

By: Aurelia Flores

Aurelia Flores — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:23:00 +0000

Such an important topic! Thanks for bringing it up, and sharing the suggestions of others. Women sharing wisdom — love it. :)

By: modernmami

modernmami — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:15:00 +0000

Yes, definitely. We need to be silly again and reconnect with our younger, fun selves that we originally fell in love with.

By: Ana L. Flores

Ana L. Flores — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:12:00 +0000

I really need to take time to schedule date nights. We just don’t and I know that’s exactly what we need….to be silly again

By: modernmami

modernmami — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:40:00 +0000

Great tips. It’s hard for us to have date nights right now too because of baby boy still nursing and being so young. But, these are all great ideas.

By: modernmami

modernmami — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:37:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with everyone!