How Open-Ended Questions Can Keep Romance Alive

It’s just like baking a cake (stay with us here): “If you just make a cake with flour, butter, and water, it’s going to taste terrible,” Julie explains. “You’ve got to throw some spice in there. Some vanilla, cinnamon, a little sugar…The point is that you need to spice up the conversation with topics that are more open-ended conversations.” 

See, if you’re talking about work and responsibilities all the time, overtime you and your partner may associate that burdensome conversation with each other. All that to say: Carve some time to talk about your dreams, your emotions, and the like—and don’t be afraid to get deep. “Talking about those things can be beautiful and fruitful, and it relieves people of thinking they’re only a workhorse roped to their partner to do work,” adds Julie.