I love the movie Something to Talk About starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid. While I am hardly remarking on it as a diagram for marriage, what struck me throughout the film was that our couple just didn’t talk anymore. Neither of them were happy, but they weren’t aware of it – they just knew they weren’t happy.
Sometimes we lose the thread of conversation and when that happens, the last thing we need to do is to try and fill a void of conversation with our spouse by seeking out another person.
If you’re having trouble finding something to talk about – remember these ideas and it may help you come up with some of your own:
- Hobbies and interests
- Future vacation plans
- Memories –childhood, honeymoon – first meeting
- Discuss places you’d like to visit – fantastical and otherwise
- Have you ever … ?
- If you could …
- Do you think…?
- Movies, books, television shows
- A daily quote calendar.
What ideas do you use when you need something to talk about? Something to get conversation going again?