As the weekend is here, it‘s another opportunity to make the most of the time you have with your partner. Yes, you have to plan for work and church but again, your marriage is only as good as the efforts you put into growing it and when you invest in your connection, it trickles positively into every other aspect of your relationship
If you’re thinking of how to connect this weekend with your partner, here are some easy things to add to your to-do list.
1. Play a Game Together
As children, we all bonded over playing games. It was always fun to play dress up with the dolls, or a game of cards during lunch break.
Why then, as adults, do we lose this special love for bonding over games?
As a couple, playing games together provides a unique opportunity to connect on a playful level. Aside the fact that it serves as a source of entertainment, you can also improve your communication levels with your partner.
Secondly, playing games creates experiences of shared memories that can contribute to strengthening your bond as partners. You can think back to these moments and be like, “Do you remember when we…”
Finally, studies have shown that playing games as a couple helps relieve stress. It’s the weekend! What better way to ease off the stress you built during the week than fun moments with your partner?
Some game ideas you can try out includes board games such as chess, scrabble or monopoly, card games such as whot, poker or guess the number, and finally outdoor games such as tennis, hiking, and/or badminton.
Pro tip- Be open to trying new things and most importantly, don’t focus on winning. Have fun! By the way, I created 60 Fun Games and Intimate Bonding Activities for Couples.
2. Watch a Movie Together
While in the university, I remember that one of the ways we use to have young love was to go to a student organized movie night together as a couple.
As simple as it sounds, it was a great way to connect with my partner. We were doing fun things together!
Watching movies together can be a simple yet profound way for you to get closer with your partner over this weekend. Think of it as a shared experience of intimacy and a sense of togetherness.
When couples watch a movie together, they often experience the same emotions as the characters. Before you know it, you’re already having a conversation about the movie’s plot, characters and themes with your partner.
It can also provide you with the much-needed break from the hustle and bustle of life.
There is nothing as good as being able to unwind with your partner away from the noise of work and life.
It can even be an avenue to learn visual cues or words that only the both of you can understand.
Here are 45 best night movies to watch with your partner.
3. Shower Together
Why are you, as a couple, not showering together at least once a week? Especially before bed?
If you have not had this experience, you are missing out on a lovely opportunity to connect on a physical level beyond the bedroom. Physical touch does not start and end in the bedroom. Unlike other activities done outdoors, showering together is an indoor activity – just you and your partner focusing on each other.
Do you know it is easier to have friendly conversations in the shower? Imagine it – a scenario where it’s just you and your partner playing with the water and talking of random things and not wanting to leave because why not?
Did I also add that showering together is relaxing?
You can massage each other, enjoy the foamy lather of the soap, or just simply enjoy the feeling of being close.
Pro tip – if either of you are into skincare routine, this is the best time to activate that light banter humour you have always wanted to share with your partner.
4. Pray and Worship Together
Ah, yes, the oldest trick to staying together as a couple. It is popularly said that “Couples who pray together, stay together.”
There is strength that couples draw when they pray together. The fact that, as partners, you deem it fit to go on your knees and pray together means you share a common ground for drawing support and comfort.
In doing so, when praying, you are not just expressing your thoughts and needs to God, but also being vulnerable with your partner. And when the answers to your fellowship comes, it is always a joyful sight to behold because it becomes sort of a good memory you can draw strength from in the future.
5. Cook a New Recipe Together
It’s the weekend and you both have free time on your hands? Are you looking for something out of the norm?
Cook something interesting as a couple!
Why?
Because when you cook together, you are working as a couple to achieve a common goal – cook a meal that actually tastes nice. Indirectly, it improves the teamwork between you and your partner.
While cooking, you may find out there’s something you need help with. By asking for help, you are letting your partner know you can depend on them and vice-versa.
To make it super interesting, make a meal neither of you are familiar with. If you need help, you can try out YouTube to guide you on how to make your chosen recipe, you’d have learnt a new recipe you can add to your regular meals.
If it doesn’t, you’ll have something to talk and laugh about in the future.
In Summary
Another weekend is here and again, it is another opportunity to contribute time and intentions to improving the health of your marriage.
Here is an additional option to add to your to-do list this weekend. Read my book, “Have Sex & Pray” together to find out practical ways you can enjoy sex life without guilt or shame as a couple.
Make the weekend count this week!
