One of our talented team members wrote a blog post about connecting with your significant other many months ago and we thought it would be important to do a quarantined edition! So get out your notebooks and pencils and get ready to take notes – this is 6 ways to connect with your partner in quarantine (…and this very unique season of life that we’re in!)
1. Show Your Appreciation – With everyone in tight quarters, it is important that you take the time to show your appreciation for the little things your partner does. There is much more cleaning, organizing and arranging to do when everyone is working and/or schooling from home. Leave some little post it’s or love notes around the house that say “thank you” or “I love it when…” so your partner in crime is really feeling the love.
2. Be Light About It – This is a TOUGH one. With everyone living every second under one roof, there might be some habits happening that you have never seen or just noticed before. Someone might leave their clothes all over the house, have a stinky smelling lunch heating up in the microwave or not bathe as much as you would like. Try your very hardest to be light about lenient – what else can you do? It will either cause a fight or drive you crazy so you may as well laugh at it!
3. Find A Project To Connect You – This is perfect for your quarantined time! Have a house project you have been meaning to do for weeks? Maybe there is a skill you both want to learn, but just haven’t had the time? What about learning a new recipe together? Whatever it is, use this time to do something fun together. I know making a list of honey do’s is tempting (I mean you can create a list of those too ;)), but don’t forget to create a project for the both of them.
4. Create Some Mystery – This piece of advice works so well for the quarantined edition, listen up – Connecting was so much easier when we didn’t know everything about each other’s lives, right? When you’re apart from each other (even if you have to FORCE time apart from each other- it’s important!) strive to write down five things that you want to bring up with your partner. These could be things like: “He has no idea what project I’m working on at work right now” or “I wonder how he feels about the upcoming election” or so on and so forth.
5. Practice Speaking Kindly To- And About- Each Other – There is going to be a lot of time for chatting while quarantined, so really make those words count. Need something done? Ask politely. Need a little help? Request it with a little sweetness by calling them honey or sweetheart. Have others in the house with you? Say something nice about your partner in crime to them. It will shift the entire vibe of the house if everyone is hearing kind thoughts!
6. Put The Phones Away – I know I have been on my phone so much more during this quarantine. It gets in the way of me connecting to my daughter and especially husband! Set time aside during your day or evening to really put the phone away. I mean – put it in the other room – completely out of sight. This will let you connect, talk about something fun or maybe dance a little. Put on the happy jams and get moving together.
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