The nice night out isn't doing what you think it's doing | Between Us Podcast S1 E10

You've had the exact evening so many times the waiter knows your order, and somewhere in all those nice nights out you stopped being a couple and became the two people who run the house. This one is about the evening you finally get to yourselves, and what you do with it. Why the nice night out isn't doing what you think it's doing. What a study found about the one thing that brings couples closer, and it isn't dinner. Then one simple thing to do about it, and it costs nothing. Nobody's in trouble here. Between Us is for people who love each other and are still figuring it out. Follow so the next one finds you. A Key To Us podcast. keytous.com 00:00 The evening you could describe before it happens 00:22 Welcome in 00:53 The problem first 01:30 Thursday, the Italian place 02:35 What keeps two people close 03:14 Her side: the planner 03:47 His side: "whatever you want" 04:52 The gym floor study 05:41 Exciting beats pleasant 06:20 The night the restaurant was closed 06:57 The roller rink 07:45 What changed 08:30 What helps: new over nice 09:04 Cheap enough to happen 09:36 Take turns, with one limit 10:43 When it's dread, not boredom 11:29 A month later: his turn 12:03 One small thing tonight 12:31 Something New, in the Toolkit 12:57 One game before you go 13:25 Tell yours