Relationship Check In for Empty Nesters Part 2 E155

<p>This is the second half of their relationship check in, questions Rick and Clancy come back to when it&#39;s been too long since the last one. They continue with the 5 love languages conversation, their lowest-ranked ones this time, and move into bigger questions about what the next five to ten years look like.</p><p>It&#39;s easy to assume things are fine because nothing&#39;s actively wrong. A check-in surfaces what&#39;s actually going on underneath that, the parts that don&#39;t come up on their own until someone asks directly.</p><p>What&#39;s in this episode:</p><ul><li>The different types of physical touch, and why &quot;bedroom touch&quot; isn&#39;t the whole picture</li><li>Rick&#39;s lowest love language, receiving gifts, and why he doesn&#39;t reach for it naturally</li><li>An old flowers misunderstanding that lasted a lot longer than it should have</li><li>Travel, work, retirement, and where they might live next</li><li>A timing gap in a relocation decision that came up mid-conversation</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The check-in questions from this two-part series:</p><p>1. Are we still on the same page about how we want to spend our time, such as more togetherness or more independence?</p><p>2. What&#39;s one thing about our day to day life together that&#39;s working really well right now? And what&#39;s one thing that you would change?</p><p>3. Do we still talk about things other than logistics, the house, the finances, the kids? When is the last time that we&#39;ve had a conversation that wasn&#39;t about a task?</p><p>4. What&#39;s one way you feel loved right now and one way you wish you felt more loved?</p><p>5. What does the next five to ten years look like for us? Travel, work, retirement, relocating.</p><p>6. What does staying connected to our now grown kids look like? And are we on the same page around boundaries and involvement?</p><p><br></p><p>📖 Our book is here! The Loud Quiet – Love, Laughter and Life in the Empty Nest https://www.theloudquiet.com</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode has you thinking about your own check-in questions, our Facebook group is a good place to talk through them with other empty nesters. https://www.facebook.com/groups/theloudquiet</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Find all episodes, podcast apps, and YouTube links here: https://www.theloudquiet.com</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Five Love Languages Recap</p><p>03:30 Different Types of Touch Explained</p><p>06:00 Clancy&#39;s Highest: Comforting Touch</p><p>07:06 R