Having Fun Instead Of Stress

Couples who have been in a relationship for several years and marriages that have gone on for decades many times lose the spark or romance that was once there. This is not all too surprising, though, considering that each partner gets more comfortable with the other as time passes and has no trouble displaying his or her less than desirable qualities or habits. In other words, the need to impress is often diminished, which is also another reason why happiness is often drained from a long relationship or marriage rather quickly.

The key, however, is to have fun in the relationship that you're trying to work on. While a relationship can have its serious and obligatory sides, it's also important to keep the relationship fun and alive. Oftentimes, though, many couples actually forget how to have fun together. Having fun, though, can be as simple as enjoying time away from the hustle and bustle of daily life at a ball game or other sports event or it could be enjoying a mini-vacation trip to the nearest theme park for the day! The fact of the matter is, though, that fun activities and other such events in a couples' relationship help to keep each other happy.

Another way in which couples can learn how to have fun together is by doing activities that the other enjoys. If the list of activities comes up short (and it oftentimes does!), though, one creative method to figure out what to do is to gather a list of questions that each person can answer. These questions that can be found in many relationship books, such as the "1000 Questions for Couples" guide, range on a whole bunch of issues, but one of the areas centers on what activities each person finds enjoyable and fun. Couples can take their activity planning from those answers to have a fun weekend or outing.