If you laugh regularly with your spouse, and even learn to laugh at yourself on occasion, you will have a closer marriage. It sounds simple, and it is, although sometimes it’s a bit more difficult to put into practice.
Crack a Joke
Some people are natural jokesters while others are not. I didn’t have much of a sense of humor when my husband and I met. I was a very literal person with a dry sense of humor, the serious, artistic type. My husband was a clown. He is funny and cute and charming and his ability to make me laugh so much was one of the things that made love him. I learned to tell jokes, pull pranks and “gotcha” tricks, and to use my wit to make him laugh too. Sometimes we laugh so hard together that the kids think we’re crazy. They don’t find our jokes nearly as funny as we do, but we have a good time making cracks and giggling. If you aren’t exactly a fountain humor, that’s okay. You can always look up jokes on the internet or grab one of those “joke a day” flip calendars for inspiration.
Don’t Take Yourself too Seriously
It took me a while to learn this one. I was the ultra-sensitive wife who got my feelings hurt far too easily. When things didn’t go perfectly, when I did something silly or clumsy, I’d immediately be reduced to tears. My husband, trying to be sensitive guy, would nearly bust trying not to laugh. That would make me cry harder. One day, I spilled an entire gallon of milk on the kitchen floor. My eyes began to fill with tears and I was about to let out a sob, when I looked up at my husband. We both laughed out loud. I could see his relief. There was no way he would have been able to hold that one in! I was relieved too. Laughing is so much better than crying.