I take life seriously and spend a lot of my time thinking and reflecting...which can lead me to take myself too seriously and I can forget to laugh...that real deep and loud and long laughing.
Recently my husband and I have been watching past seasons of "The Office" (through Netflix) in bed at night on our laptop. Can I tell you how fun that has been? We laugh and joke as we watch...and then the next day we call each other and repeat off-the-wall quotes from the episodes we just watched and laugh all over again.
It has been so good for our marriage!
It's so easy for us to roll through these days of marriage as co-workers. Getting the daily tasks done around the house, focusing on the children, checking off lists, talking deep and falling into bed exhausted. It's easy to forget to be silly and laugh! To simply chill-out and relax and watch something hilarious is amazingly good for the marriage-soul.
If you find your marriage in a place where tensions are running high or stress is getting the better of your relationship, remember that laughter can be the best marital medicine. Read comics to each other. Learn some corny jokes. Play a little prank. Or watch a silly movie or TV show together. Show your funky dance groove with some favorite music. The point is: have fun again!
It is hard to stay mad or irritated with each other when we are laughing and having fun. In fact, all of this laughter seems to make us more attracted to each other and desirous of more time together. Laughing together heals and bonds and brings lightness...and we really need that in this crazy painful world.
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I like this idea! My husband and I have been watching a little bit of tv on Hulu a couple of times a week after the kids are in bed and the kitchen is cleaned up. It has been a really nice time for us to snuggle together. We kind of forget to do that if we don't make time for it - just unstructured, relaxed down time together to remember that we like to curl up together on the couch. Anyway, it has been good for us, and what you're talking about seems similar in a lot of ways.
Amen! I'm the deep one and my husband is the comic. And we both enjoy watching The Office. And we've been married almost 21 years. Laughter is a great thing!
This is so true!!! And, The Office is so great! Love it! What's perfect too is that TV shows are short, so they are more doable than a movie.
For so long I was always trying to do 'what is right' that I forgot how important enjoying life is.
Thank you for the reminder and suggestion!
maddie
Maddie, I totally resonate with "trying to do what is right" that I forget to enjoy life! SO TRUE!
My hubby and I like watching The Office too. The episodes really do have so many quotables that just make you smile. We even rewatch favorite episodes and still find them funny.
i'm not kidding with you...the Office saved us over the winter. we watched all 5 seasons. it was so good to laugh and laugh in the midst of a hard time. i must have written "I'm so thankful for The Office" in my journal a hundred times those months.
glad you guys enjoyed it too!
hehe yes! we are office watchers too! :) Laughing is always a good thing.
Amen, Aimee!! I've been thinking about this very thing. Sometimes I evaluate the quality of our marriage by the amount of meaningful conversations we have but have come to realize it's about balance...meaningful conversations, meaningLESS conversations, silence, laughing, enjoying an activity together, etc. Makes for a much more interesting relationship and I find I learn new things about my husband this way! We have been playing "Words with Friends" lately and having tons of fun with it! Nice distraction that takes the edge off all the "have to's" we encounter every day.
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