Date Nights

Before I read Gottmans book 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work my husband and I would watch movies together after our children went to bed and call it our date night. I know that this was a good thing and that it kept our love strong but ever since we read his book we have changed our way of dating. Instead of just watching a movie we started doing those get to know you better quiz to help build our love map and now we talk so much more than we used to. I feel so much closer to my husband since I started reading this book and developing the practices in our everyday life. I know that the way that I talk and even look at my spouse has changed and I can tell that it has made a difference to him as well. When my husband and I first got married he didn’t really like to talk all that much but not talking to me instead of playing his video games is his favorite thing and I personally cant get enough of it. This is something that I have needed since the beginning my husband would always be like we have been spending time together all day and I would say yes but I need quality time where we just talk and this was something that he just couldn’t seem to understand until it became a vital part of our relationship as well.