Do you work at your relationship. (try new things?)

My wife and I have been together around 5 years. We do new things from time to time to keep life interesting. Having kids was one of our biggest changes. We have 2 girls, one is almost 4 years and the other is almost 8 months. It's hard to get into to many new things when you have children and no baby sitter or anything. We are going to start family vacations real soon. That will be great, the last time I had a vacation was over 7 years ago.

My fiancé and I have been together 5 years at the end of this month and we try to do new things when we can, either just the two of us and also as a family with the children. An example of this would be last weekend, we didn't have the kids so along with a few friends we went ice-skating, this was the first time my fiancé had ever been and it had been some time since I was last there, it is nice to try something different and have a bit of fun.

I was married for 27 good years, until my husband passed away last year. You have to try new things to keep the relationship alive. Marriage takes work, commitment, caring, loving etc. You sound like you a good husband and a dad. My husband and I also liked to take vacations without the kids, that was always nice. We did take the kids places too. Its important to have quality time with your spouse, cherish each other, care for each other, spoil each other. Believe in each other, protect each other. I could ramble on, but you get the idea.

This boy who I was crazy about wanted me to try new things, so I tried what I felt comfortable with. He still wasn't happy, and he pretty much took me for granted. So, I won't be changing anything or trying new things for a guy unless it's something I also want for myself.

i just try out all different things with my boyfriend that we have never done b4. i try 2 work at our relationship most times when its needed an usually i succeed.

I THINK LOVE IS BEAUTIFULL AND IF U ASK ME MY LIFE SO IF I LOVE SOME ONE SO FIRST I LL MARRY HER THEN I LL DO MY WORK ...SO CARRY WITH YOUR WORK FRIEND...

my boyfriend and i are in this relationship for almost 10 months now. and it's a long distance one. yep. we met through the internet. started out as friends and months after, we fell inlove to make the story short. it's truly difficult to be apart. there are a lot of things we wanna do together but we just can't. we had the chance to meet last year when he visited my family and i here in the philippines for 2 weeks last year. and we never imagined how happy we could be together until we get that opportunity to have each other for the short 2 weeks. i really thought that i will need to pretend just to impress him. but everything went out naturally. i never needed to pretend. i can sit the way i wanna sit even in restaurants (sitting on one of my legs), eating with my bare hands (only at home), etc. i can be who i am when with him and he did the same. we let each other show our true colors and we went along just fine, more than we expected it to be. now that we're apart again for 3 months since he went back to sweden, we spend a lot of time chatting to each other, texting, emailing and more so, sending each other letters through regular posts. the distance doesn't seem to be that big between us. we get to make each other feel the assurance that no matter what, we'll be there for each other. i am now in the stage of processing my papers for my resident's permit to sweden. i will be going to sweden within this year and start a life with the man i adore the most. and from then on, there will be lots of new things to do together, to experience. and to you joey and your wife, i am happy about your relationship. you two touch my heart. it just means that love conquers all. even after too much pain, you are still together, hanging on to each other. you two are wonderful to be together. i hope all your plans will be put to reality!

No, life wouldn't be boring at all. Anything and everything that happens in life is wonderful because of who I'm with, my husband, not because of what I do. Working at a relationships has nothing to do with keeping it interesting and trying new things. It's keeping that bond with eachother.

yeah, i do try, i don't get physical with her. But I play innovative games and we love to quarrel each other on some non existant issue. It's fun, once we quarrel and then again reunite, the happiness is inexplicable, maybe we are too childish. I dont know. LOL.

We definitely need to work on our own relationship. Being close and highly in love when you're still dating is a lot different when you're already married. First, when you're still dating you just get to enjoy each other's company without obligations. When you marry, problems, bills and other obligations just kept on pouring in which stresses your relationship. Second, when you're still dating you don't get to see that person everyday. When you get married, you see him the first thing in the morning and when you get to sleep. So it's important to still have some quality time for each other, to talk and to go out on a date. It's a lifetime process to keep your marriage work. Communication is also one of the key to make your marriage work along with the Lord's guidance.

Yea i do its fun workin on ur relatipnship but u should kno more about the poerson before u try n go out wit them because its better for ur relationship u kno wat they like and dis like

i try to do different things in my relationships. mainly in visiting different places etc, like spending days out at places. two of my most favourite things i have done is a picnic i went on just under a year ago with my partner - it was a giggle and great to spend time together. the second would be a trip me, my partner, his brother, sister-in-law and newphew went on a month or so ago...it was cool to spend some quality time together. spending time with my family and partner are my favourite things to do...although memebers of my family dont help me in doing this sometimes

My husband and I have been together about fifteen years, married for almost eleven and we have gone through so much together that sometimes the only way to hold it all together was to be flexible and willing to try new things. It's exciting when you do try new things though because you get a little bit of that feeling you got when you were first dating, or when things seemed new, and it helps you see your partner through new eyes again. Sometimes I think that is even better than falling in love with them the first time.

I had to give you a plus for this conversation. I try to always keep my relationship interesting. I try new things like a drive in movie. Sounds boring but it's things that we have never done which each other. I would like to commend you for being a good person. Keep being happy and stay married long as you can. I'll be doing the same shortly. But all I can say is think of everything you guy's haven't done before and do it. It may be hard to think of but, I'm sure you can comeup with something.

Ok, here's my 2 cents, from someone who's been married for 21 years, and together for 25 years. First and most importantly - ANY and I mean ANY relationship is work. If you don't work at it, nuture it, and make it grow, it will die. Secondly, relationships, just like anything in life, can become mondane if you do the same things, over and over and over. I mean sure there are some things you have to do every day, but if you make plans to do something different every week. Maybe go on a date, or spend an evening alone, have a picnic in bed, go for a drive... but do something that is different. Try new things. Things you may think you'll hate, do it anyway. It takes two people to make a relationship work. And spicing it up every once in awhile, only makes it that much better.

Good question. I've been with my husband for 15 years and have been married for 4 years. Since we've been together for so long and now have 2 young children, we always try new things together so we don't take each other for granted and we keep our relationship going. I think you need to make one another a priority in your lives. We go away for the weekends sometimes, go to the movies, to dinner, and now we are getting ready to go on a trip by ourselves. We work really hard at our relationship and I really believe you have to to make it.

I think a good strong relationship takes work. My husband and I got married just under a year ago (our anniversary is a week from tomorrow) and this year hasn't been too hard, but it has been some work. We have to make sure to do new things, especially when we get bored. For awhile we fell into a pattern, but we were both happy with it. Then we started to get bored so we had to shake it up a bit. Its important to keep the relationship fun and exciting, that is what makes them last.