Maintain effective communication

 If you and your spouse aren’t communicat­ing well, it bleeds into everything else: If communication in your marriage isn’t as strong as you want it to be, working on it is a top priority. When you have good communication, you both benefit. You’ll feel closer to each other, and your marriage will be stronger and more affectionate as a result.

But sometimes, fixing communication issues feel like an uphill battle. It’s so easy to get caught up in trying to fix it, and be­fore you know, everything revolves around the problems, and it can feel like you’re both getting weighed down.

Improving communication doesn’t need to be a struggle. Instead, why not try play­ing some communication games? They’re a cute, fun way to help fix communication struggles in marriages. All that’s needed is the two of you, some free time, and the willingness to play and have fun in the interest of growing closer.

•20 questions

This game is an easy way to learn more about your partner without pressure or focusing only on the hard stuff.

All you need is a list of 20 questions – of course, those questions can be anything you would like! Why not try some of the following suggestions:

What’s your favourite of all the dates we’ve been on together?

When do you feel most confident?

What’s your fondest childhood tradition?

When do you feel most loved and appre­ciated by me?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

What would you like to do that you’ve never told anyone before?

When have you felt proud of yourself?

Asking questions gives you insight into your partner’s thoughts, beliefs, dreams, and values. Then when the time comes to swap, they’ll get to learn more about you, too.

Try playing this communication game for couples when you have free time in the evenings or over the weekend, or even in the car. It can make a real impact on your communication levels. It can make a real impact on your communication levels.

•Minefield

A combination of physical and verbal games is the best if you want to work on bad communication in marriage. Minefield is a game where one of the partners is blindfolded and guided verbally through the room by the other.

The goal of the game is to get the blind­folded partner safely across the room by using verbal cues to avoid the obstacles, aka mines, you set ahead. This fun com­munication game for couples requires you to trust each other and be precise when instructing to achieve the goal.

•Helping hand

How to fix communication issues in a relationship?

There are fun communication exercises for couples that help you improve your skills. One of the games to help couples communicate is “Helping hand” that seems rather easy, but this game for married cou­ples can be quite frustrating.

The goal is to accomplish an everyday activity such as buttoning a shirt or tying a shoe while each has a hand tied behind their back. It provides a chance to build effective teamwork and information ex­change through seemingly simple tasks.

•Guess the emotion

A significant part of our communication happens non-verbally, opt for some rela­tionship communication games that help you improve that aspect. To play the Guess the emotion game, you both need to write emotions and place them in a box.

To be continued…