Now, I have been married for over thirty – years, and I still have lots to learn about marriage and relationships. It is easy after many years for connections to grow stale or to get stuck in a rut. There is always room for improvement. And this applies not only to marriage but friendships too. Find out today how to make your relationships better by adding a few love habits.
After all, who wouldn’t like to keep enhancing and making our connections stronger?
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Jed Jurchenko wrote an awe-inspiring post about love habits. He has a few tips and fantastic lists to help us create love habits. They are bound to make your relationships better. Plus, he explains how love habits can combat those negative interactions we all have.
“Love habits are acts of affection that are so routine they almost occur automatically.” Jed Jurchenko
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“Love Habits: How Tiny Acts of Love can Make or Break a Relationship.”
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Find out today, from Jed Jurchenko, how to make your relationships better by adding a few love habits. #lovehabits #love #relationships Click To TweetMy Attempt at a New Love Habit
Yesterday, I made a sincere attempt to start a new love habit with my husband. We both tend to put our heads down and work hard all day with little interaction. So I decided to change things up.
Quietly, I tiptoed into the room where he was hard at work. Reaching out with one finger, I softly tapped his shoulder. To my surprise, he jumped up with a startled look and shouted – “What do you need?” It was not quite the expected reaction I was anticipating. My reply, “I’m here to give you a hug,” seemed to smooth things over. Perhaps, today it will go over a little better.
Remember, we can start love habits with anyone. It doesn’t have to be a spouse. It can be a family member, a friend, a child, or maybe someone who doesn’t receive a ton of love from others.
“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11
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I had to smile when I read your hubby’s reaction to you initiating a new love habit. I’m sure my hubby’s reaction would be similar. Keep trying! I’m sure he will appreciate it.
Thank you for the encouragement. I won’t give up. Maree
We’ve been married 36 years – you are so right – it’s important to get out of ruts, to reassert those connections my jumbling up the schedules! I love your story! My husband responds the same way – I need to work on refreshing those communication expectations!
Maryleigh, Congratulations on 36 years. Let me know how it works on refreshing those communication expectations. It is hard to change things up. I hope you have a great day! Maree
I love this Maree! I’ll head over & read Jed’s post.
My post this week is;
Feeling Crabby?
https://teawithjennifer.blog/2020/09/25/feeling-crabby/
Thank you for your kindness,
Bless you,
Jennifer
Jennifer, I had to laugh when I saw your post since, at that very moment, I was feeling very crabby. Blessings, Maree
Awww, Mariee, thank you for the amazing feature. And for sharing your love habits story. The story made me smile and the feature totally made my day.
Wishing you and your family a happy Friday and an incredible weekend!
Jed,
It was an honor to feature your post last week. You had some great thoughts to enhance our relationships. Thank you also for your well wishes. I had a great weekend, and I hope you did too. Maree
Thanks for this, Maree! It’s easy to fall into routines and forget to actually connect. And, as your example indicated, we may need to try different things and/or times to see what works best, but it’s worth the effort.
Yes, it is worth the effort. I plan to try again today. The problem is my husband wears noise-canceling headphones and has his back to the door. Maybe I better try something else. I hope you have a fabulous day. Maree