Laughter Tips for Relationships
- Laugh together for 5-10 min. each morning.
- Do one loving and light-hearted thing for each other each day.
- Point out the day's absurdities to each other.
- Seek out the humor in serious situations and share it with each other.
- Put more fun into sex.
- Consciously smile at each other more.
- Stay playful in your interaction by keeping your voices and body language playful.
- Renew your "real vows" once a week. (See The Belly Laughter Workbook.)
- Take turns being responsible for the humorous thought for the day.
- Giggle together right before going to sleep.
- Play "Teasing Telephone Tag" by leaving outrageous messages.
- Have a laughter match to see who can laugh loudest and longest.
- Surround yourself with flowers. "The earth laughs in flowers." Emerson.
- Practice laughing without control. Spit out food, wet your pants, wet each other's pants.
- Echo each other's laugh. Laugh each time your partner laughs.
- Count the number of times you laugh each day. Compete and share them.
- Tell each other how much you enjoy the other's laughter and sense of humor.
- Develop a fictional phone menu for different laughs. Press 1 for giggles, press 2 for chuckles, press three for guffaws, etc.
- List the positive things in your day each day and read them to each other.
- Play together one hour a week. Examples: Sing, dance, race each other, give exaggerated hugs, count smiling faces when driving together.
© Enda Junkins, LCSW, LMFT, BCD
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