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The biggest strain on a relationship is not a child or a lack ofsex Or even the omnipresent emissary goat called "no communication". It's all ballated in a problem - lack of time.

The age group of 45 to 54 has the highest percentage of divorces in the country. To avoid joining their ranks, the best thing to do in your forties, if not earlier, creates daily or weekly rituals (independent of children and other distractions) to make sure you and your spouse spend some time together and focus on the other, not family logistics, saysWilliam Doherty, Ph.D., author ofResume your wedding: stick together in a world that separated us. "Rituals may not be effective," explains Doherty, "but they force you to make a connection."

Consider these two men: Mike R., a writer, came out at breakfast with two or three newspapers every Saturday morning. When he met the woman, he ends up getting married, he invited it. They are married 12 years old and they always go to breakfast.

"Even if we spend a lot of breakfast to read rather than talking, we always share stories out of paper with each other," he says. "Since we often work on weekends, breakfast gives us a final break in the day - no work or shopping authorized."

Keith S. was in inches of divorce. So busy throwing his own engineering company, he completely neglected his wife, Anne. Then he heard his minister mentioned in a sermon how he created a weekly night date to spend more time with his wife. So Keith gave him a shot.

He booked a baby-sitter for every Wednesday night for a whole year. "He literally saved my wedding," Keith said. Ten years later, without children left in the house, he and Anne always have the date of the night of Wednesday. And if you need big suggestions, here is the50 Best liaison activities for married couples.

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