The joy of dating

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Chances are, you and your spouse don’t share all the same hobbies, interests, or talents. Most likely you are completely different people. That’s the best part about being married, that you can be totally different, yet enjoy each other’s company anyways. This date night defiantly costs money, and isn’t one that you would choose if you were trying to save money. This is another “date night in”, and you are looking at staying home tonight. This activity is just as much fun as going out, because it provides a more intimate experience for the two of you. Whether or not one, both, or neither of you paint, learning to paint together can be a really great experience.

For this activity you will need to purchase a painting instructional DVD. There are several single instructional DVD’s, but my favorite is the, Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting- Nine One- Hour Instructional Painting Guides. I like that this is a DVD set that gives you more options on what you can paint, where as the single DVD’s only teach you one type of scene to paint. You will also need paint’s and different paintbrushes. I would buy these things after you have bought your DVD so that you know what supplies you will need for following along with the DVD.

Painting together can help build your relationship. While you are painting and laughing at your mistakes, or pointing out what you and your spouse did well, you will find out that with painting, “there are no mistakes, just happy accidents”. You can liken this to your marriage. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes, but we can move pass them, and turn the bad things into a beautiful piece of artwork.