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When you enter your sixth decade, think about new exciting ways to spend time together can be difficult. Film evening? You and your beautiful have seen all the Rom-Coms that have been started since 1985. Picnic in the park? It seems a bit juvenile. Go to the restaurant? Yawn. However, create newNight memories is critical. Whether you start a new relationship or want to make things happen with your long -term partner, spend time with your lover strengthens your link and prevents the feeling of falling into a rut. You do not know where to start? Do not fear. Read the rest to discover six exciting meetings for people over 50.

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Vision tables are not only for planning and wedding birthdays - they also do a fabulous meeting night activity. "When you are over 50, your children have left the nest or are going out in the coming years," saidSarah Cetray,,couples psychologist and founder of the Couples Communication Institute. "Your career has probably been established, and maybe you are ready for a change." In other words, this is the ideal time to join your partner to consider - or replenish - your future.

So take the magazines you have in the house and create a vision table together. "It's time to explore your dreams, goals and visions for the next part of your life," explains Fatray. "To become a team to make together what you would like to give to your family, your community and your inheritance, with the support of the other."

According to the Gottman Institute,A love card The level of familiarity you have with the internal world of your partner is (the more expansive your love card, the more you know them.) So how to expand yours? It's simple: you ask yourself a ton of questions. Fortunately, this can be integrated on any date, to make a bike ride to sit in your bathtub, saysCarrie Krawiec, Lmft,a therapist At Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy, Michigan. "Revisit your partner's hopes and dreams, missed wishes and opportunities, embarrassing moments, pride sources and favorite or less favorite things," said Krawiec. "Partners with Deep Love Maps can withstand storms, reduce embarrassment and have a better understanding." Try a game of interrogation cards for an easy way to start.

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You don't have to wait a big birthday to recreate one of yourFirst meeting whole. "When you go to a" flashback date ", wear the same clothes you have worn when you have gathered for the first time and you go somewhere, you would have left," saidBrenda Wade,,clinical psychologist and the founder of modern training and relational training programs. "Talk only about the things you've talked about at first like what was fun, your friends and what you were looking for for the future." Wade also recommends bringing photos backwards if you have them. "Consider it a flashback to remind you of what attracted you to each other and what made you fall in love," she adds.

For an appointment evening that mixes excitement with intimacy, attend a reading, a reading piece or a controversial film. Then share a bottle of wine or a bite to eat and discuss your reflections on the event. "Learn to discuss the controversy and differences from partners concerning difficult material makes it possible to strengthen yourself thanks to the ability to know that it is normal to have different opinions, to be able to be your real self in a partnership," saidSharon Gilchrest O'Neill, Ed.s., LMFT, therapist andRelations author. These events should not be "there" either; A piece that obtains mixed criticism in the local newspaper will suffice.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

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Music can arouse joy and conversation and create lasting memories. "It's a chance for couples to get to know musical tastes and how they have changed over the years," saidSam Nabil, LPC,Founder and main therapist to Naya clinics. "In addition, music helps couples remember the fun and positive moments, because music is known to release dopamine, which increases positive emotions." According toHarvard Health, listening to nostalgic tunes can trigger your memory of previously forgotten memories - so don't be surprised if you and your S.O. share hilarious stories from the high school ball after the concert.

Go down and dirtyin the garden For your next date activity. "This can be a good exercise for people who age because it provides a lasting amount of exercise, as well as to improve camaraderie between the couple," said Nabil. "Many therapists also suggest gardening therapy for certain couples because it helps them create new habits and also help with long -term memory." In reality,A 2019 study published in theInternational Journal for Environmental Research and Public Health found that the elderly who carried out a 20 -minute gardening activity had significantly increased levels of the brain growth factors of the healthy brain BDNF and PDGF. Create a cocktail (fresh basil, anyone?) Or a snack afterwards and admire your work together.

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