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Parenting - Getting to Know You
Real Families, Real FUN: Just For Parents
Getting to Know You
By Elizabeth Wells for Real Families, Real Fun
So, you think you know your spouse. Could you correctly
answer 20 questions about his or her favorite things? Most
people are surprised that after many years of marriage their
answers are off target.
Test your knowledge about your spouse's favorite things
by spending an evening together creating flash cards. Create
two sets of index-sized cards on which to write questions
and answers. One set should have your answers and on the
other set, write what you think will be your spouse's answer.
The cards are a gold mine of gift ideas for future thoughtful
surprises.
What is your favorite...
- ...part of the day?
- ...dessert?
- ...leisure activity/hobby?
- ...book?
- ...movie?
- ...meal?
- ...part of your job?
- ...restaurant?
- ...clothing?
- ...color?
- ...section of the country?
- ...season?
- ...memory?
- ...Sunday afternoon activity?
- ...game/thing you did as a child?
- ...flower?
- ...quote?
- ...art/artist?
- ...song?
- Bonus: What are the three things you would
take with you on a desert island?
"It's hard to get my husband to do things like this
so we just sat at a table and answered all the questions
on one large numbered sheet of paper," said Peggy LaClair
from upstate New York.
This should be a light and fun activity over which you two
can share some laughs. "Keith joked through the whole
quiz. He moved the paper covering my answers and I caught
him. We both were hysterical, but especially me," Peggy
said.
When both of you are finished writing the questions, exchange
the cards and take turns asking and answering the questions.
Ellen from Nebraska said, "I've known my husband for
twenty years, and yes, a few questions really made me think."
The answers provide insights you may not have known before.
Peggy LaClair said, "Doing this quiz reminded me about
one of our favorite restaurants." She said she plans
to take her husband there soon.
Lynda Hannan from Ohio said they discovered that for some
things "we knew each other better than we know ourselves.
For my favorite leisure activity, I wrote down golf and
he wrote down reading the Sunday paper on the deck by myself.
Actually that is my favorite [activity], even over a round
of golf! I knew his favorite dessert is pecan pie. He didn't
think of it at first, and then he remembered that is his
ultimate."
Keep your spouse's cards and store them in a decorated photo
box. If you use regular paper, do as the LaClairs did and
put it in a family book. "I'd like to do this again
in a few years to see if some of the answers change,"
said Ellen.
TAKE IT FROM ME:
Do this activity away from the kids to prevent interruptions.
The Hannans waited for their children's bedtime. Ellen's
children are older, so they simply told the kids "do
not disturb" for 15 minutes.
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