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.
• 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.