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Eight Dates is a book on marriage and relationships that gets you and your partner to read, think, and then go on a date together. I also think there is not enough time given to addressing abuse or toxicity in relationships, as though it is not the lived reality of many.
I don’t believe the actual statistics, but I get the point - they probably know something about what keeps people in love. This book walks couples through eight conversation-based dates to help them strengthen their connection and discover new things about each other.The family goal they highlighted was raising children until they’re self sufficient to live on their own.
Eight Dates guides you through how to talk—and how to listen—in a way that will be beneficial for you as an individual and as a couple.My partner and I read this book over a series of date nights starting in March 2020, and ending on New Years 2021. She is Author/co-author of five books: Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, And Baby Makes Three, 10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy, The Man's Guide to Women, and The Marriage Clinic Casebook.
That the partners talk to each other once a week about their needs and desires, understand the point of view of the other party, and check the goals together. The Love Lab found that successful relationships have a 20 to 1 ratio of positive to negative in all their everyday interactions in the apartment lab.Disclaimer: Yes, I am a physician, but I’m not your doctor and this article does not create a doctor-patient relationship. Each date gives you things to think about and, in some cases, exercises to complete before going on the date (so you can’t just pick one and go on it immediately). Seltsam fand ich zum Beispiel, dass sie meinten, dass man nicht mit Menschen außerhalb der Beziehung über Probleme in der Beziehung sprechen soll. They and the co-authors have recorded thousands of couples and claim to be able to predict if a couple will stay together with astonishing accuracy.