Marriage Preparation Work Book Ii - Love Map Questionnaire Template Page 15
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38The Emotional Bank Account
Keeping an account in your head of how much you’re connecting with your spouse emotionally in
(1)
little ways can greatly benefit your marriage. But for some couples it sometimes helps them get
started by keeping track on paper. Be careful not to turn this into a competition or a quid pro quo.
The focus is to see how you can improve your relationship not what your partner is not doing.
(2)
Below is a list of things that couples can do together. Circle three things that you wish your partner
would do with you.
1.
Reunite at the end of the day and talk about how it went.
2.
Shop for groceries.
3.
Cook dinner/bake.
4.
Clean house/do laundry
5.
Shop together for gifts or clothes.
6.
Go out for brunch or dinner.
7.
Read the morning paper
8.
Help each other with a self-improvement plan (i.e. exercise)
9.
Plan and host a dinner party
10.
Call and/or think about each other during the workday.
11.
Pray together
12.
Eat breakfast together during the workweek.
13.
Go to a church
14.
Do yard work, shovel the walk, do home repairs, car maintenance, and washing.
15.
Perform committee work in the community (volunteering).
16.
Exercise together
17.
Go on a weekend outing.
18.
Alone time together.
19.
Go to the museum, zoo, etc.
20.
Attend a class together.
21.
Stay in touch with/spend time with kin (parents, siblings, etc.)
22.
Entertain out of town guests.
23.
Travel together.
24.
Watch TV or a video
25.
Order take out
26.
Double-date with friends.
27.
Attend a sporting event
28.
Engage in a favorite activity (bowling, amusement park, bicycle, hike, jog, horse back riding, etc.)
29.
Talk or read together by an open fire.
30.
Listen to music
31.
Go dancing or attend a concert, nightclub, jazz club, or theater.
32.
Host a birthday party
33.
Take up a new hobby together
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