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How to Spice Up Your Relationship With Your Significant Other When Any Kind of Change Gives You Crippling Anxiety

Forget about any big gestures because those are anxiety-provoking — instead, here are the most minimal changes you can make.

August 9, 2024 by Samuel Dunsiger Leave a Comment

Eat dinner on the couch instead of the dining table
Change the bedsheets
Go for a walk for coffee to Dunkin Donuts instead of Starbucks
Make salmon instead of chicken for dinner
Get your groceries from Walmart instead of Costco
Make you and your partner tea instead of coffee
Do absolutely nothing
Watch The Crown instead of Downton Abbey on Netflix
Move back in with your parents
Switch sides of the bed for a night
Sit on the couch and simply cry with your partner about how stale the relationship has gotten
Grow a mullet and see how your partner reacts
Google “local couples therapists” in your area, bookmark the tab and then forget about it
Adopt a hermit crab as a pet — after all, they don’t go anywhere and neither is your relationship

Previously Published on Medium

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About Samuel Dunsiger

Samuel Dunsiger (he/him) is a freelance writer, career advisor and accessibility advocate who identifies as disabled, and works within the intersection of employment and disability. In addition to writing about issues related to mental health, wellness and careers, his stories normalize living with disability. His work has appeared in publications including the Toronto Star, Quartz and Metro UK.

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