{"id":249,"date":"2012-02-06T11:45:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T19:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/?p=249"},"modified":"2013-01-30T13:50:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T21:50:25","slug":"love-and-marriage-qa-time-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/love-and-marriage-qa-time-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Marriage Q&#038;A &#8211; Time Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120206-Post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-256\" title=\"20120206 Post\" src=\"http:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120206-Post.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah J Photography\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120206-Post.jpg 800w, https:\/\/warmanloving.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/20120206-Post-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><em>February usually is marked as a month of LOVE.\u00c2\u00a0 However, good marriages do not run on auto-pilot.\u00c2\u00a0 They require effort from both partners to keep a marriage thriving.\u00c2\u00a0 We will be posting a series of FAQ we have encountered through our years of counseling and speaking engagements.\u00c2\u00a0 If a few of these hit home with you, take action &#8211; talk about it with your spouse, and pray about it together!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How can we work out the amount of time spent together and spent apart?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>One couple came to see us shortly after their marriage. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The presenting problem she brought up was, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We never have time together.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0He looked shocked and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are together every day for the rest of our lives.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 Once he understood that her idea of time together was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">asked for &#8211; planned for &#8211; scheduled together &#8211; followed through<\/span>, he was able to become proactive in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d his wife. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Men, our wives usually want to be pursued the rest of their lives, unlike deer hunters who get a license and then \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bag them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If your job (I am a doctor) demands much of your time , how do you make enough quality time for your spouse?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>It is important to have some quantity of time and some of that quantity should be set aside for quality.\u00c2\u00a0 Make sure that you set aside a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153date\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time every week.\u00c2\u00a0 During one of your dates, discuss your busy schedules and plan times you can be together. \u00c2\u00a0Recognize that with your personality differences, one of you may desire and have a need for more time together.\u00c2\u00a0 Tell your partner what you need. \u00c2\u00a0Any good management team has management meetings. \u00c2\u00a0What is important is that you do not just wish for more time together, but that you plan it. \u00c2\u00a0If someone is on your heart, they should show up on your calendar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What encouragement can you offer to couples who have very busy schedules and feel they have to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153steal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time in order to be together? \u00c2\u00a0I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very frustrated by this.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Not much significant happens to us that we do not schedule in advance. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The fact that you \u00e2\u20ac\u0153steal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time away need not frustrate you. \u00c2\u00a0Be thankful that you have a spouse that does use what time they can to be with you.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Can you re-evaluate your busy schedules? \u00c2\u00a0If not, continue to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153steal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time from both of your busy schedules and plan a get-away time next quarter to focus on each other.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February usually is marked as a month of LOVE.\u00c2\u00a0 However, good marriages do not run on auto-pilot.\u00c2\u00a0 They require effort from both partners to keep a marriage thriving.\u00c2\u00a0 We will be posting a series of FAQ we have encountered through our years of counseling and speaking engagements.\u00c2\u00a0 If a few of these hit home with you, take action &#8211; 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