How We Keep the Spark Alive in Our Marriage
5 tips to increase sex and physical intimacy in your relationship
We’ve been sharing our lives online for just about nine years now, which is crazy to think about because it somehow feels like it’s been both longer and shorter than that at the same time.
After being together for 14 years, and over that almost decade of posting, we’ve shared so many different things about our life, usually what we’re experiencing in real time, including home renovations, our travels, fostering and eventually adopting and becoming parents, mental health struggles, and various bits about our relationship. One of the most common questions we get what feels like almost weekly, is how we keep the spark alive between the two of us with such busy schedules.
I must admit, I feel like I would want to know how others do it, too. We have three kids, businesses to run, a farm with a bunch of animals to take care of, and we always have a least one home renovation going on at any given time, sometimes even in a different state. Where is there space to make time for sex and physical intimacy if we’re constantly running around trying to keep up with the day to day of life?
We’re by no means experts on the matter, but there are a couple of things we prioritize as a couple, and one of them is sex and physical intimacy. We find time whenever we can, usually after the kids have gone to bed and we’re winding down for the evening. We like to try new things every so often, but there are certain tried and true practices we’ve found that work for us to keep the spark alive, so after being asked numerous times (usually on our Sunday night live chats!), we decided it was about time we share them here.
Below are five ways we keep the spark alive in our marriage, and maybe they will come in handy for you, too.