5 ways to have more fun with your partner
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Trivial Pursuit, Star Wars edition, will always have a place in my heart. The game was the first Father?s Day gift I bought for my husband when our son was just a few months old. It may be an understatement to say that I married a huge Star Wars fan, so when several weeks went by and we still hadn?t taken it out of the box, he was getting antsy. ?Are we ever going to play my new game"? he would wonder aloud. He had a point ? we hadn?t been spending much quality time together; sleep deprivation and our new responsibilities seemed to crowd out everything else. So we sat down then and there on the living room floor and set up the board, beers in hand, asking each other questions about the minutiae of Star Wars lore, laughing in a way that we hadn?t since becoming parents. This kind of lighthearted connection is crucial to any couple?s relationship, but it can easily fall by the wayside when kids enter the picture, says Ashley Howe, a couples and family therapist. ?For parents, it often becomes all about function?about keeping the kids alive and healthy,? she says. Busy lives crammed with work, school, playdates and chores can lead to monotonous routines with little room for parent-only fun. Or worse, it can leave you feeling disconnected from your partner.
If you?re looking for a way to rediscover the fun this Valentine?s Day?and all year long?we?ve got a few suggestions to take you beyond the run-of-the-mill date night. We asked relationship experts and pare...
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