Marriage Advice & Tips for a Happy Life

Sexy and Fun Date Ideas Made Easy (plus a giveaway!)

I am super excited to introduce you to a fun and innovative way to spice up your relationship.  I actually gave Bethany a love coupon book from Datevitation for Christmas, and it was a total hit.

So, I asked the founder (Alex) to share a date idea here at Engaged Marriage – he not only did that in the video below but offered a great giveaway and discount to our community – details below!

A Starbucks Trick Guaranteed To Put A Smile On Your Spouse’s Face

Olga and I are so excited to be doing this guest post for the Engaged Marriage community.  You see, our mission at Datevitation is much the same as Dustin’s stated goals for this site — that is, to provide tools and tips to help keep your marriage fun, exciting, and full of love and happiness.

We work to accomplish our mission in two ways.  First, we’ve created the web’s first and only totally custom love coupon platform.  With our user-friendly interface, you can choose to create an entire custom book (perfect for special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays, or holidays) or send individual love coupons electronically through email or Facebook.  



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20 Awesome Date Ideas – For Free!

When you finally get the chance to enjoy a date night, or even a little break together during the day, how often do you look at each other and say:

“What do you want to do?”

“I don’t know, what do YOU want to do?”

Silence.

I know that we struggle to keep things fresh, and we pretty much always end up going out for dinner and a few drinks.  While that’s fun, there are so many other great things to enjoy together.

Well, I’m really happy to share a fantastic resource with you from my friend Matthew from Adventure-Some.  You may know Matthew from some of his great guest posts on marriage and self-improvement.

It’s called “Ready-to-go-Dates: The Cure for Dinner and a Movie” and he’s sharing it for free right now!  Just click here to head over and grab it.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:  



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• 20 date ideas that you can do anywhere
• 4 tips to spice up the tried-and-true dinner & a movie
• None will take longer than 20 minutes of planning and preparation
• Many are free
• Most are creative
• All are fun

Do You Share Your Goals?

The new year is here, which means that everyone is embarking on their New Year’s Resolutions.

Or maybe you don’t believe in doing the resolution thing, but you have a Life List of some sort (you might call it a Bucket List, or something else – it’s a list of goals that you want to complete in your lifetime).

Perhaps you don’t have any long term goals written down, preferring to store that particular list safely in your brain.

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of making your plans; “Once I get that raise I am going to buy that gadget” or “This year is going to be different, this year I’m going to exercise more.”

No matter what your goals are, do you take into account the most important part?

As someone who is married, it is vital to set your goals with your spouse.

1 + 1 > 2

There are a number of stories and jokes that have the following principle as their core: two items combined are stronger than the sum of the two individually.  



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Believe

As I reflect back on the past week, I realize just how lucky we are to be able to celebrate Christmas with our three kids at the ages of one, four and almost seven years old.

I don’t know how many more years we’ll have while they still believe in the magic of Santa Claus, our Elf on the Shelf and that clever NORAD tracking system on Christmas Eve night.  We are certainly enjoying it while it lasts.

I know that their belief in these things will eventually get spoiled by someone at school, something on television – some message that they’ll pick up from a common interaction with our society.  It’s inevitable, but it’s also okay.

This got me to thinking about all of the counter-cultural beliefs I hold dear, and how Bethany and I will have to do everything we can (starting now) to help our children continue to believe in what matters – even as they are bombarded with messages that will tell them otherwise:  



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• I believe in God and his son Jesus.
• I believe in Marriage.
• I believe in Family.
• I believe in Life.
• I believe in Personal Responsibility.

The Ultimate Diva’s Guide to a Hot and Happy Marriage

It’s not often that I recommend marriage resources created by others, and I don’t think I’ve ever recommended something created by a Diva…

But that was before I met The Dating Divas!

When I saw The Divas top the list this year as the Top Marriage Blog, it really got my attention.

And once I spent some time exploring their site and then read this mission statement, I knew these ladies had something truly special to share:

We are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends who strive to enrich marriages everywhere. We want to celebrate the gift of marriage while inspiring others to do the same. It is our goal to provide creative, inexpensive, and innovative dating ideas that will bring joy, fun, and excitement back into the relationship.

We encourage all married men and women to take a conscious and proactive approach to investing in their spouse. By putting our spouses first, we are taken back to the simple magic of being head over heels in love again. We desire to help make lasting marriages, which in return will create everlasting families.  



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