FamilyLife Blended® Minute

The Fun-Factor 3

with Ron Deal | February 22, 2019
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Ed enjoys golf. Virginia loves to window-shop and hunt for antiques. And neither of them enjoys what the other enjoys. Ah, we have a problem. It's not bad they each have their own leisure interests, but what separates poor or mediocre marriages from great ones-especially in stepfamilies-is engaging in shared fun. Ed and Virginia can get there but it's going to take sacrifice. When each makes sacrifices for the other there's a balance of fun in their relationship.

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  • Ed enjoys golf. Virginia loves to window-shop and hunt for antiques. And neither of them enjoys what the other enjoys. Ah, we have a problem. It's not bad they each have their own leisure interests, but what separates poor or mediocre marriages from great ones-especially in stepfamilies-is engaging in shared fun. Ed and Virginia can get there but it's going to take sacrifice. When each makes sacrifices for the other there's a balance of fun in their relationship.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

This week we’ve been talking about maximizing the fun-factor in your marriage. But did you know that sometimes the path to fun is full of sacrifice.