There are hundreds of ways to strengthen a relationship. Marriage is a wonderful thing and at the same time, it is a delicate matter too. A plant needs to get exact pruning, fertilization, and water. Marriage also is like the same living thing. If you don’t keep it nourished and healthy, it will eventually shrivel up and die. Nourishing your marital relationship doesn’t have to be complicated, though.
Here are simple ways you can practice every day:
Bed TimeÂ
It is vital to have a physical relationship with your partner. But it doesn’t only mean sex. There are other things to be mattered. Sleeping in each other’s arms without any further expectations can help establish a strong bond. It is a kind of mutual expression of love that is the basement of your relationship.
Also, sleeping together at similar times helps a couple to have a better relationship. Couples whose sleep patterns are very different report having more fights, spending less time doing shared activities, and having sexual relations less frequently than those who share the same sleep schedule.
Honesty and Transparency
Each relationship is needed with two concrete pillars; that is honesty and transparency. None of us enjoy opening up about uncomfortable or embarrassing situations with our spouse, but it can actually be beneficial for our relationship.
If we want a healthy relationship with good communication, we have to be courageous enough to show our weaknesses to our spouse. This often means leaving our comfort zones, talking about things that matter to us, expressing how we feel, and acknowledging our own limitations.
Share Household Tasks Together
When there are daily duties that can be a chore for one of us, organizing ourselves to do it together as a couple can turn it into something less bothersome, and create a feeling of teamwork. It is important to manage the duties together as both are professionals in the new generation families. Sharing your responsibilities together can bring you a feeling of unity and togetherness.
If we do household chores together regularly, with constancy, it can become part of our routine. Routines help us to establish shared values, interests, and priorities. It shows that both spouses are interested in creating a shared future.
These are just three concrete applications of more general principles. If we want a strong marriage, we need to share time and activities together, take care of our own and each other’s health, acknowledge our strengths and weaknesses with empathy and humility, communicate about our needs and ideals, seek to reinforce our common ground, and contribute to the relationship (each in our own way and to the degree we can according to the particular circumstances). Whether we are in bed or working around the house, or in conversation about difficulties in our lives, sticking to these principles can turn these moments into experiences that bond us more deeply and nourish our marriage.