A Key to a Happy Marriage: Keep Dating Your Spouse

You can protect your marriage by investing regularly in your relationship.
A Key to a Happy Marriage: Keep Dating Your Spouse
According to studies, couples who go on regular dates are more likely to have happy marriages. Biba Kayewich
Walker Larson
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If there was a simple way to improve communication, commitment, intimacy, stability, and overall happiness in a marriage, who wouldn’t take advantage of it? Yet more than half of married people report that they don’t make use of this one, simple habit to bolster their relationship with their husband or wife.
The simple habit is continuing to regularly date your spouse even after marriage. A landmark study by W. Bradford Wilcox and Jeffrey Dew of the National Marriage Project found that regular date nights for married couples are associated with better relationships and lower divorce rates when compared with those couples who don’t date.
Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Prior to becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master's in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, "Hologram" and "Song of Spheres."