Comments on: Keep that Flame Burning http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/ Reaching Others Through Kindness Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:24:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MInTheGap http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/comment-page-1/#comment-5401 MInTheGap Fri, 23 May 2008 19:23:50 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/#comment-5401 @AG: It is something that you can get out of practice with, that's for certain. Some people I know have come up with rules that "we can't talk about the kids" or something like that to force them to be more creative. Something that can help here is playing a game-- there's conversation, but it's not forced. The other thing is to make sure that you have things you want to share with your spouse, and that you share specifically with them and not with everyone else. I find that if something's the first time I've thought about it I'm much more eager to share than if I've already said it 3 times. I can't over-emphasize how important it is to communicate with your spouse. It's a glue, a bond, and it builds up the emotional attachment. It's a way to keep yourself emotionally pure. @AG: It is something that you can get out of practice with, that’s for certain. Some people I know have come up with rules that “we can’t talk about the kids” or something like that to force them to be more creative.

Something that can help here is playing a game– there’s conversation, but it’s not forced.

The other thing is to make sure that you have things you want to share with your spouse, and that you share specifically with them and not with everyone else. I find that if something’s the first time I’ve thought about it I’m much more eager to share than if I’ve already said it 3 times.

I can’t over-emphasize how important it is to communicate with your spouse. It’s a glue, a bond, and it builds up the emotional attachment. It’s a way to keep yourself emotionally pure.

]]> By: When Life Gets Busy : MInTheGap http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/comment-page-1/#comment-5383 When Life Gets Busy : MInTheGap Thu, 08 May 2008 17:20:45 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/#comment-5383 [...] out Keep that Flame Burning over at Weekend Kindness where I highlight what I think is the most important tip to keeping your [...] [...] out Keep that Flame Burning over at Weekend Kindness where I highlight what I think is the most important tip to keeping your [...]

]]> By: AG http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/comment-page-1/#comment-5382 AG Wed, 07 May 2008 16:14:15 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/05/07/keep-that-flame-burning/#comment-5382 That's a super cute picture you found for this post. Yeah, time together is vital. Hubby's and my problem is that we have such busy schedules, we go out to dinner on a date and we just sit there, exhausted. We don't talk - or when we do, it's about the business of the house, not about romantic things. It's kind of amazing how deliberate you have to be sometimes. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/05/crazy-beautiful.html'>Crazy Beautiful!</a></em> That’s a super cute picture you found for this post.

Yeah, time together is vital. Hubby’s and my problem is that we have such busy schedules, we go out to dinner on a date and we just sit there, exhausted. We don’t talk – or when we do, it’s about the business of the house, not about romantic things. It’s kind of amazing how deliberate you have to be sometimes.

AG’s last blog post..Crazy Beautiful!

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