It’s a catchy television ad, to say the least.
A sheepish pizza delivery guy is met at the door by a lingerie-clad lady and enticed inside to share her pizza.
Cue disgusted teen boy, who announces: “You’re not a delivery boy …Dad. No wonder I don’t have any friends.”
Ah, yes, the time-honored tradition of date night, when a married couple with kids steals time from their busy schedules for a weekly rendezvous.
Everybody seems to be doing it – even President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle.
They’ve been spotted all over Washington enjoying each other’s company.
According to Arthur Aron, a professor of social psychology at State University of New York at Stony Brook, you need to introduce some novelty into the game.
In an article that appeared in the New York Times, he suggested that new experiences with your partner fool the brain into re-creating the same feelings and releasing the same hormones you had in the early stages of romantic love.
If you don’t think you can keep the romance alive by revisiting old haunts, then try something new.
Walk on the beach, visit the zoo or even take up the tango.
And don’t talk about money or the kids. Talk about those things you love to do.
“When people talk about their passions, they light up and the brain chemistry changes,” says a blogger named jpwriter at Ehow.com.