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When couples lose their spontaneous joy and don't know how to ask for it back

My husband and I used to be the couple that would break into dance in the kitchen while making dinner, and now we eat mostly in silence scrolling our phones. We both feel it but neither of us knows how to suggest we put the devices away without sounding like we're criticizing the other person.

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