Did you get married to do laundry? To pay bills? To cook dinner or wash the dishes? No one does.
And yet, for many couples, that’s all there is. Their relationship is practical and business-like. At some point the joy of the wedding ceremony gave way to the daily grind of routine activity. Careers were chased, children were born, and ever-larger homes with new cars in the garage were purchased.
And, slowly, the romance faded. What used to be hours on the phone together became business meetings about practical matters, like finances or the kids’ grades. Eventually, the couple’s intimacy was reduced to a business arrangement.
Couples who lose their intimacy either divorce or becomes so devoted to the mundane responsibilities of life that they have nothing left to offer each other.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Spouses can pep up their marriage and rekindle the romance their relationship once had.
On Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, I’m talking with author Kathi Lipp about how couples can prevent the busyness of life from distracting them from the most important thing they can do for their marriage: connecting on an emotional level and developing a genuinely intimate relationship.
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