Rewrite Your Marriage

Dating Saves Marriages & Sex


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Easy marriage hack = DATING!
Bruce  & Loralee discuss a February 2023 report from the Wheatley Institute and the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. 
The numbers are even better than the report they read on PR News for the podcast! Here are the benefits of a twice-monthly date night:

Happier marital relationship

  • 83% of wives and 84% of husbands who had regular date nights were very happy in their marriages, compared to 68% of wives and 70% of husbands who did not have regular date nights.

More stable marriage

  • Wives and husbands in the frequent date nights group were about 14% more likely to report that divorce “was not at all likely” in the future.

Better communication

  • 71% of wives and 77% of husbands who had regular date nights were very happy with their communication, compared to 51% of wives and 59% of husbands who did not have regular date nights.

More sexual satisfaction

  • 68% of wives and 67% of husbands who had regular date nights were very happy with their sexual relationship, compared to 47% of wives and 47% of husbands who did not have regular date nights.

More commitment to marriage

  • 75% of wives and 73% of husbands who had regular date nights reported being very committed to their marriage, compared to 53% of wives and 57% of husbands who did not have regular date nights.

https://heatley.byu.edu/date-night-report

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Rewrite Your MarriageBy Bruce & Loralee North