Save A Marriage With A Love Basket

If you want to save your marriage or save your relationship, this is a season to try something new and romantic to show your partner that you are willing to make some changes in the way you prioritize your time together. Here is a list of ideas to try. They take work, but can reap great rewards.

For example, you could try using a "love basket". A love basket is a basket that holds a tablecloth, candles, matches, napkins, silverware, and plates. It can be packed by either sex. It is never to be used with friends or with children. It is to be used to enjoy time with your partner alone. You see, you need to choose to make time alone with your spouse, otherwise "life" just gets in the way and you can wind up drifting apart.

Here are some other choices you could make:

• A date time once a week. Alternate the planning.
• A daily time, even just 20 minutes, where you take the time to connect with your spouse.
• A weekly time for sexual intimacy and pleasuring. (More is ok too!)
• A weekly "issue discussing" time.

Looking for more happiness? Try something unique.

• Write a love letter or poem to your mate.
• Create your own David Letterman list: The Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Your Are...
• Create a gratitude journal. Once a day for a year catch your spouse doing something that you value, admire, love, or respect. Write it down and at the end of the year, give it to your partner as a gift.
• Give your partner a gift of your time and energy. Offer them a day that you will work on a project that is important to them or free him up to do something they really want to do.

Feelings of love flow from consistent acts of love. It isn't the bad stuff, but rather the lack of good stuff that causes complacency in a relationship. Periodically every marriage suffers from a case of the relationship "blahs". Nothing is terribly wrong, but nothing is particularly right either. You find yourselves simply too busy, too tired, or too stressed to relate effectively. If you are willing to try something new, maybe your relationship is capable of being saved and worthy of it as well. Good Luck!