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You did not channel your inner fredless. You saw a suggestion on a marriage friendly forum and put it to use. It worked because of your frame. Do not give away credit that belongs to you.Lenny said:I Channelled my inner fredless today. We have snakes where we live. My W went for a walk, I asked if she saw any W - no, Me; well I have one - big grin Got a put that away, with a smile. Fredless your tips are gold
Now I certainly cannot see any reason that you cannot work out directly after work.Sisyphus said:fredless said, "I'm confused. Are you unable to talk about your day when you get home from working out? Is it impossible to have a beer when you get home after working out?"
I probably should have mentioned that I work out in my home gym (back livingroom). So it's more of an issue of I come home and then immediately change clothes and go back and start working out.
I don't agree with this statement. On occasion, I'll plan a date night for my wife for something I know that she'll like that doesn't excite me (e.g., we went to a dave matthews concert). However, it sounds like amblrgirl needs her husband to step up his alpha. As such, he should attempt to plan interesting/fun date nights that are interesting/fun for him and invite her along. Certainly, her needs and wants should be considered, but I think the dates he plans should be dopamine hits for him. Since her husband is letting amblrgirl plan dates as well, that's when she can pick something that she is more interested in doing.42andatowel said:Tell him you'll keep that in mind (his preference) when you plan date nights, but you need him to plan dates for you, not him.amblrgirl said:
I did talk to him yesterday about setting up regular date nights twice a month and even suggested that we could take turns planning the dates so that it wouldn't all be on him. He said it would be easy when he plans because he likes to do the same thing most of the time - dinner and a movie. Instead of banging my head on the table, I told that I like dinner and a movie occasionally, but that I'm too interesting of a person to just keep repeating the same date we've been doing for the last 11 years. So hopefully that let him know that he was going to have to put in a bit more effort when it's his turn to plan something fun.