Relationship Check In for Empty Nesters Part 1 E154

<p>What does a relationship check-in look like in the empty nest? This episode, Rick and Clancy go through their actual check-in questions. Unrehearsed. Real reactions.</p><p><br></p><p>They cover togetherness versus independence, what&#39;s working day to day and what they&#39;d change, and whether they still talk about anything besides logistics and the kids. Then they get into the five love languages, comparing results and where they overlap and where they don&#39;t. Part two picks up with their lowest-ranked love languages and what the next five to ten years might look like.</p><p><br></p><p>Want to run these check-in questions with your own partner? Here they are:</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>Want to find your own love language? Take the quiz here: https://5lovelanguages.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Our book, The Loud Quiet – Love, Laughter and Life in the Empty Nest, is available now. https://www.theloudquiet.com</p><p><br></p><p>Join our Facebook group for empty nesters and tell us how your own check-in goes. 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 Why relationship check-ins fade over time</p><p>02:15 Pre-crisis intervention vs annual check-in</p><p>03:29 Question 1: togetherness or independence</p><p>10:19 Question 2: what&#39;s working, what they&#39;d change</p><p>14:27 Question 3: conversations beyond logistics</p><p>19:37 Question 4: how they feel loved, beginning 5 love languages</p><p>20:56 Clancy&#39;s top love language: acts of service</p><p>24:08 Rick&#39;s top love language: words of affirmation</p><p>26:18 Quality time, dreaming, and