{"id":4097,"date":"2017-08-28T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2017-08-28T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:00:04","slug":"when-the-nest-empties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/lifestyle-self-improvement\/when-the-nest-empties\/","title":{"rendered":"When The Nest Empties"},"content":{"rendered":"

One night this summer, a couple who\u2019d been married for decades were home alone for a full month while their children were at camp. The first week was fantastic \u2013 quite, relaxed, they had an opportunity to reconnect and do things on their own time.<\/p>\n

By the third week, they were climbing the walls, desperate for the kids to return home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you miss most about the kids,\u201d the husband asked the wife one waning evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about the kids,\u201d she replied. And the house fell silent.<\/p>\n

Deathly silent.<\/p>\n

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When the kids are poised to leave soon for college \u2013 will you be ready? Will you and your partner have anything left to say or do together? Will you even like each other?<\/p>\n

For decades, we pour ourselves into raising a family \u2013 often to the exclusion of everything else, including personal time, couple connection, sex life, individual interests and more. Sometimes, by the time the nest is empty, it\u2019s just too late.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let that happen. Find something the two of you can do together NOW, to connect, to rekindle the spark that brought you together, to remember you do have a deep and meaningful connection.<\/p>\n

Ballroom dance is a perfect way to resurrect your relationship. Setting aside one night a week for dance lessons (and another night, possibly, for a group lesson or dance party), will reignite the flame burning within your relationship far before it is ready to blow out.<\/p>\n

Many midlife divorces can be avoided \u2013 if the couple is determined to remain connected throughout the life of their relationship. You can\u2019t fall into autopilot and assume that time will be your friend.<\/p>\n

Relationships take work. (Like dance.) You have to learn to be in sync and practice every day. (Like dance.) You have to make time and focus on the task at hand. (Like dance.)<\/p>\n

You have to want to succeed, to make it effortless because you\u2019ve put in so much effort and interest. (Again, like dance.)<\/p>\n

Let dance show you how to last over the long-term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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