Go on a taste testing date where you will visit three donut
shops and rate their product based on appearance, smell, taste, and texture.Click on the links below to find their addresses.
Download the taste testing sheet by clicking "File" in the box below and then "Download as" - and then select how you want to open it (usually either a Word Doc or PDF).
Print the forms and take them with you to each donut shop or buy the donuts and complete the ratings at home. Don’t rush through this. Instead, take your time and try to savor the experience. Chew and analyze each bite for 10 seconds.
Sometimes, we rush through life like we rush through our meals and we miss out on experiences. It can be the same in marriage. Do you stop to appreciate tender moments with your spouse? Do you savor each day you have with each other? Or do you rush through days, weeks, and months forgetting to tell your spouse how much you love and appreciate him or her? The principle of expressing fondness and admiration says it’s not enough to just feel love for your spouse- you have to communicate love! You might feel all the love in the world for your partner but if they don’t know or feel that then it doesn’t make a difference.
Print the forms and take them with you to each donut shop or buy the donuts and complete the ratings at home. Don’t rush through this. Instead, take your time and try to savor the experience. Chew and analyze each bite for 10 seconds.
Sometimes, we rush through life like we rush through our meals and we miss out on experiences. It can be the same in marriage. Do you stop to appreciate tender moments with your spouse? Do you savor each day you have with each other? Or do you rush through days, weeks, and months forgetting to tell your spouse how much you love and appreciate him or her? The principle of expressing fondness and admiration says it’s not enough to just feel love for your spouse- you have to communicate love! You might feel all the love in the world for your partner but if they don’t know or feel that then it doesn’t make a difference.
Julie Gottman, a leading researcher in the Marriage and
Family field said, “One of the things we teach our couples is to express fondness
and admiration of each other. It has to come out of the mouth. You can’t just
think it in your heart or feel it, you have to express it. You have to say it
in words [and] you have to say it in touch to really communicate that you care
and that you love your partner.”
How do you communicate love to your spouse? Make an extra effort tonight to make sure your partner feels loved.
“You know the joke about the Swedish farmer that loved his
wife so much that one day…he almost told her!” John Gottman
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