Q is for Quality Time
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Marriage from A to Z in 55 Words. Q is for Quality Time in Marriage!
A luxurious house, high profile jobs, fat paychecks, expensive cars…
They were living the dream.
Though running the dream seemed more accurate.
To bond and unwind they decided to go for a dinner date at the club.
Amidst drinks and food, he bonded with ‘ friends’ on Twitter while she unwinded by playing Candy Crush.
A Word to the Wise
Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. – Annie Dillard
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April 19, 2014 12:24 am|
Omigosh, so true, Shilpa! For a while we did not have a table at which the whole family could fit for meals, so we all usually faded to our own corners of the house to eat, and got none of the benefits of having meals together as a family. Thank goodness we do now.
LuAnn Braley
AJ’s Hooligans @AtoZChallenge
Back Porchervations
April 19, 2014 12:28 am|
Another gem 🙂
Fondly,
Elizabeth
April 19, 2014 12:42 am|
Another positive and heart warming post bearing the mark of Shilpa. Pearls of wisdom and love ur take on Quality Time.
April 19, 2014 5:04 am|
So true….just as well I’m poor :p
April 19, 2014 6:08 am|
I know it is the wrong letter, but one thing I am sure that is important in a marriage is kindness. I’m sure you would agree. I’m writing about gardening and related topics this month. Having a wonderful time finding new blogs like yours.
April 19, 2014 6:41 am|
That was an excellent 55WF for quality time
April 19, 2014 7:58 am|
We know a couple is married if at the dinner table they are on their mobiles is something I heard someone say! Great post! A true reality in many marriages these days!
April 19, 2014 8:28 am|
Beautiful ! Just by not letting them spend quality time together, you’ve portrayed how important quality time is ! 🙂
A simple dinner, a little chat, a dose of humour, an hour for yourselves when you’re away from distractions, all this is important in marriage 🙂 Lovely, gem!!
April 19, 2014 8:30 am|
A brilliant post! A reminder to all couples.
April 19, 2014 1:55 pm|
ah! Candy crush!! I have begun to hate it even before I ever played it! Just because my friends are so occupied in it that they don’t seem to notice people around!
April 19, 2014 2:10 pm|
Lovely as usual.
April 19, 2014 2:11 pm|
Excellent challenges totally, you simply got a fresh audience. An amount you advocate in terms of ones organize that you just designed at times previously? Any kind of confident?
April 19, 2014 2:52 pm|
This is probably a reality for a lot of couples. Nicely depicted. Great quotes.
April 19, 2014 3:02 pm|
An extremely realistic post about today’s times. Technology has made the world a smaller place, but has increased the distance between people.
April 19, 2014 4:00 pm|
Indeed that is how it is now-a-days…so sad…
“Most precious gift you can give someone is your time and attention”
April 19, 2014 4:49 pm|
Great advice to all the married couples. Quality time is a must.
April 19, 2014 7:58 pm|
Whatever it is, there must always be enough of this!
April 19, 2014 8:37 pm|
Shilpa,
Right you are. Where is bonding of hearts unless you spend Quality time together and not just be with each other?
Take care
April 19, 2014 9:57 pm|
Just plain truth.
April 20, 2014 7:49 am|
Exactly …running to be in the race of modern lifestyle …
a bittersweet relationship!
April 20, 2014 10:26 am|
It seems people are always looking for ways to connect inorder to disconnect!
April 20, 2014 1:16 pm|
That is the case with most of these days. Even a group of teenagers is usually busy in taking selfies rather than making merry. Technology is making us a slave and eating up our quality time.
April 20, 2014 1:43 pm|
Tch…tch…sad but a reality in many marriages of today! Brilliant 55er Shilpa 🙂
April 20, 2014 2:26 pm|
Nice post. Such scenes have become common today
April 20, 2014 4:27 pm|
Good point Shilpa.
For us we have all the time together, we literally do everything together. We understand each other, what more can one ask.
Yes I have seen couples together yet they are so far from each other in their own world.
And I have also seen couples who spend quality time with each other too.
April 21, 2014 11:32 am|
what an irony!! but it is truer than we’d like to think…
April 21, 2014 12:34 pm|
so true Shilpa….and these days this happens not only with couples but with friends & sometimes with family too; no one seems to get away from their gadgets & spend quality time with real people in the real world. 🙁
April 21, 2014 2:30 pm|
O this was marvelous! I missed it earlier but am glad came back to read this one. The sad reality of many lives captured very well in these 55 words. “running the dream” — nice choice of words here.
April 21, 2014 2:34 pm|
Darn it! But that is the sad and harsh truth, isn’t it? Whew, at least I don’t play Candy Crush 😉
April 21, 2014 3:40 pm|
Sometimes we lose the most important thing and not even realize it!
April 21, 2014 7:34 pm|
Shilpa,to the present MNC generation all thta maaters are the factors you mentioned here.
Where is the time for quality time?.Pity
April 21, 2014 9:49 pm|
That is kind of sad but familiar. When my husband comes home after being gone a month he is always on his phone on the internet and I am on the computer. 😛
April 22, 2014 4:36 am|
So true Shilpa, technology has invaded many aspects of our life… people need to realise, ‘me time’ and ‘we time’ are very essential in any marriage.
April 22, 2014 12:33 pm|
beautifully put again, even i believe in quality time to strengthen the quality of life.
Excellent shilpa!
April 22, 2014 2:59 pm|
Story of our lives these days…I notice it happening so frequently…I’ve seen couples where each is on their phone at a restaurant. Sad state of affairs…
April 22, 2014 5:50 pm|
This is such a sad truth … and somewhere I could see myself there too. Brilliant narration.
April 23, 2014 9:12 am|
oh yes! As much as we love spending time together, we need that time apart as well.. to relax, unwind . Personal space is so important in a marriage!
April 24, 2014 10:43 pm|
Sounds like such a sad life!
May 2, 2014 12:14 pm|
Social media and smart phones are the biggest enemies of most relationships these days.