It really is a modern day question. I bet my mother never had to ask herself that… and my grandmother would probably have a good laugh at it as well. But with divorce rate statistics hitting and beating all-time records year after year… you can’t necessarily ignore the problem anymore. I remember reading that the divorce rate after the birth of the first child increases by 40%… That’s a big number. As more and more families keep moving away from their “villages” it gets harder to keep focus on those important things. Like… a date-night, a simple uninterrupted conversations, a gentle touch, a kind word.
How do you carve out time for your partner – was the topic for our recent Momversations video and this is what we had to say:
How do you keep it all together after the kid(s)? Let me know… we surely could use some help.
We don’t…we’re a horrible horrible couple right now, and we’re paying the price for it.
I can tell our relationship is losing out without regular time together, and I somehow hate “date night” because it is so contrived and hard to plan in advance. I like the idea of “sexy sunday’s”….. maybe simpler is better. If it takes off, I’ll let you know.
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Our latest thing is random Tuesday date nights. It helps that I have family close by, since this is all facilitated by my mom having Hayley overnight some Tuesdays. Geoff drops HOT off at my moms then picks me up from work. We stay in the Palo Alto area since there are a lot of unique options and we don’t ever get out here otherwise and since it’s early enough we just stroll around the streets for a bit deciding what we’re in the mood for. Then after dinner we go have coffee and dessert at a little bakery and just relax and talk. And since the night starts so early we’re still home by like 8:30! I think that having the date of date night planned but not the activity part planned helps make it not feel too forced.
Come & check the comments to get answers as that’s exactly
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My question … Seems like there is no solution
For that !!??