The LOL Factor: How Much Fun Is Your Marriage? Or Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Laugh!

1.Are there occasions when all you need to do is look at each other…and you laugh?2.Do you have tickle/goose/poke wrestling matches in bed? When was the most recent time?

3.When’s the last time you had a water fight?

4.When did you last watch a funny movie together?

5.When the two of you were together, how many times did you LOL in the past week? Can you remember what you laughed about?

6.When’s the last time one of you told the other a joke? Showed the other a funny video? Shared a humorous story from work/school/life?

7.Can you remember the last time you consciously tried to make your spouse LOL—just because you wanted to make him/her laugh?

8.Do you still make funny faces at each other? In public, when no one else can see you?

9.Do you still play (just playful—never mean) tricks on each other?

10.When’s the last time you played a game together? Worked a puzzle?

11.On special occasions (anniversary/birthday/holidays), do you recount fun memories? Favorite memories? Times you laughed the hardest?

12.What makes the two of you laugh the hardest/most?

13.How seriously do you take yourselves? Can each of you laugh at herself/himself?

14.When’s the last time you delighted in telling your spouse a funny story about yourself?

15.Have you bought/made a funny card to surprise your spouse – no special occasion, just for a LOL?

Forget the Guilt: Grab a Challenge!

Please don’t view the Quiz above as a guilt-producer! Instead, take it as a challenge to try one or more of the suggestions to make a decision to inject fun into your lives. We’ve had a long year of insecurity, fear, weariness, isolation. Now you have the golden opportunity to start new patterns, begin new traditions, and proactively love each other by looking for and implementing ways to make each other laugh.

And besides, every study we read says laughter is good for you: It’s good for your emotional health and good for the soul!

Go for it. Make ‘im laugh!!