are we still okay?

Candied Tamarind - This is the picture of the pack of candied tamarind or samplaok , i bought as my dessert.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
March 4, 2013 11:31pm CST
My husband and I both work full time. Usually, I would go to work earlier than him. So while I prepare for work he still sleeps. The moment I go, I would wake him up and kiss him goodbye. At night, he arrives later than me. After dinner, we would be in our bedroom to rest. Since our TV is not yet repaired , I would watch TV with my in-laws in the dining room. So when I go back to the bedroom after watching my favorite soaps, he is in bed surfing the net or playing games in his phone. I would join him also by watching it with him or we would talk to Talking Tom on his phone and have fun. After that, I would also play on my phone, then sleep ahead of him. In my opinion, we are still okay, because we still are loving and talking to each other. But with the above everyday situation, I seem to doubt if it’s still a healthy way for our relationship. Can you share your opinion guys ?
11 responses
• South Korea
5 Mar 13
Dont worry you are not alone, me and my husband are like that too,but hey atleast not everyday. I make sure we sleep together. I do made this habit of drinking something together before we go to bed, milk , tea or coffee, anything even water.. because we are both so busy too. so I atleast we kinda get a few minutes to talk or even to flirt with each other at the end of the day.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Mar 13
I am thinking too, that with this age of gadgets, couples can't help it if at night, they would have both laptops or whatever gadget they have to attend to when they are in their bed resting. I am glad i am not alone though. Yes, we would always eat a snack, like chips or whatever and juice in our bedroom. It's one way of bonding actually. And of course we do flirt with each other along the way too. So, i think this is okay.
• South Korea
5 Mar 13
My hubby and me eat snacks on our bed to most of the time..ahaha (and yes I do know its not a good habit)and true because of these technologies we couldn't help it. anyway connection is not always about talking..so were fine.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
I am happy that i am not alone on this. Yes, connection is not always about talking. It's about eating together, while doing things on our respective gadgets.
@gkutti (111)
10 Mar 13
most of the married working couple seem to face the same problem. well make sure you do not miss the intimacy. see to it that you people share the important incidents of your life. do not let a third person interfere into your affairs. keep telling your patner that you love and care. tiny actions like a good night hug or a kiss, a some coffee after he comes home are enough to show our love and care. just keep going with it. good luck have a great day....!!! :)
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
In the midst of what we are doing we always have some intimacy, like hugs and kisses. Besides, we always make it a point to share whatever we are doing, like show to him some funny posts at FB and him letting me play with him on his phone. So i think we are okay. Last night though , he told me that if ever our TV is finally repaired (it has some bit of problem and we haven't taken attention in having it repaired) we will be back into normal meaning we will not be doing our respective activities in our gadgets. So i told him to look for a repairman for our TV.
• Indonesia
8 Mar 13
I m not married yet so I don't have any experience to share with you. Well may be it looks boring if it (your routine) happen everyday, but I think you can spend more time with your husband on weekend. Dedicate weekend for you and your huband to spend some romantic and fun time together, you can go out for lunch or dinner, go to cinema, go to beach, etc.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
My rest day from work is only Sunday. His dayoff is Friday, but he still goes to work, because i am at work and he said it's double pay for him. So on Sundays, if i get to wake up early, he would go with me to attend mass. Then , he would proceed to his work. Thus our bonding time is after office work. On some Holidays like Black Friday yes we bond because we are just at home. I cook foods that he and my daughter likes, watch DVDs. We also eat out. It's one nice way of bonding.
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
Hmmmm.... YOu and your husband can only answer that!@ If you think that there is problem you can reach him out and discuss about it. Me and my boyfriend are in the same situation but we never let anyone sleep first. Also... we make sure that on our free day we make out like watching movies or going out of town. In that case we can still have quality time with each other.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
I am happy to know that on your free day, you bond with your boyfriend. On my Rest day at work, Sunday, he has work. On his free day , Friday, i have work, so he goes to work just the same because i am not in the house anyway. But we do go to church on Sunday together sometime, if i was able to wake up early. Thus, mostly our bonding time is at night after work. Though, even if we are in our respective gadgets, we bond by joining each other on what we are doing. We also eat snacks i prepare. Usually, i would leave whatever i am doing and join him in his phone playing, which he would gladly share with me and so we laugh a lot. We also talk while we both do our respective fun in our phones and laptops. We would also call to talk with our daughter who is in a far city studying, in the phone. Amidst what we respectively do, we share affections , stories, laughter and even flirt with each other. We truly can feel each others' love despite being that. So, i think we are okay.
@shela21 (68)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
if you feel.. both of you still love each other.I think you and your husband still ok..but you should have time for each other.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
Yes, we both feel love for each other so much. One can feel that, specially when we kiss each other when we arrive and we get out of the house.
• Quezon, Philippines
6 Mar 13
Maybe it can help to your relationship, spend the quality time with him. instead of watching tv or playing games in net or in his phone. Try to ask him about his work, prepare some dishes for him, always talk anything you can share so you can start conversation with him. It will help a lot.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
We both have full time jobs and on my rest day it's still work day for him. On his day off, it's my work day also for me, so he just go to work. Though, whenever he arrives from work, i would serve him supper or join him and we talk. Or when we are in the bedroom at night i would prepare a snack and we would share it. There's always a communication and sharing of affectionate words, gestures , and laughter even if we are in our respective gadgets. I don't want to restrict him in playing on his phone, because i know it's his way of relaxing. So i join him in whatever he is doing and that's so fine with him. Makes us laugh a lot.
@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
5 Mar 13
Having different schedules isn't easy, but a good couple can live with it. You still have your weekends. The work week is just that, a work week. It has been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder...and to me it would mean that you would look forward to your weekends more because you would be getting more time with him.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
On my rest day, Sunday he has still work. Sometimes, he can't go to church with me, unless i wake up so early. Though on Sundays he comes home earlier so he can dine with us.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
6 Mar 13
I think you two are still okay. This only happens during workdays, right? It doesn't matter if you two are busy, what matters is that when you talk it is still the same like you two have been talking all the time. That you two are still open, no hints of hiding something, no reason to think that there is no more truth to his words. My husband and I also work long hours. But whenever we talk, it's as if we just talked yesterday.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
Thanks for affirming that we are still okay , Rwaine. Yes, we still talk, laugh and join each other in whatever we are doing, like when i am in FB, i would show him some funny Shares and we would watch it together. I would prepare a snack and eat together while we join in playing & watching what there is to share in whatever we are doing in our respective gadgets. Sometimes amidst what we are doing as couples talking to each other about how the day has been and other topics is an affirmation that despite our busyness, we are still okay as couples.
• India
5 Mar 13
You guys are perfectly alrite. You have a good bonding with each others. The only time you both are together are after work hours. Plan something on weekends
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 13
I think so too, but i asked the opinions of others because i am doubtful in some ways. Well, on Sundays my rest day, he is still working. Thus, sometimes i wake up early so he could come to me to church before proceeding to work. Their nature of work is that even on holidays and Sundays they have work. His day off is Friday, but i have my work. Though, he doesn't avail it, because he said anyway he has nothing to do at home, since i am at work. Well, i might as well always just play with him on his phone and talk with one another even if we are playing on our phones or i am on my laptop.
@miryanag (346)
• Bulgaria
5 Mar 13
I think that as long you love each other everything is fine. You may want to break the routine from time to time .Surprise him with something romantic .You can always do samething small to make him and yourself feel better.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Mar 13
Actually every night we bond by eating something in our bedroom, while we are doing other things. Sometimes, i would buy his favorite snacks and prepare his favorite juice. Over that, we talk about our works , our daughter and other things. We make time to be with each other like him turning on the Talking Tom on his phone so we could both play it. As it mimics everything we say, we really laugh a lot together hearing Tom! Then, once we have bonded we can do our own games on our respective phones or me sometimes on the laptop, to do mylot. So i think we are still so okay.
@chad2013 (17)
• Jamaica
5 Mar 13
hey its not really my style to tell people how to spend there time with their spouse, first off you need to know what he like and what he doesn't like, i'm assuming you already do cause he's your husband, a relation should have a little spark every now and then, as long as you have that your ok
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Mar 13
Thanks for saying that my friend. Well yes, until now , we still have that "spark". It manifests in the way we laugh every night we're together fiddling with his android phone. And yes, i know that's his interest so i just let him and sometimes join him. I am glad you said that, so now i can say that we're okay.