How to get the spark back when your marriage feels like roommates?

How to get the spark back when your marriage feels like roommates?

Answer · 2 min read · By Rupesh Ojha

Short answer

The spark returns when couples deliberately create time, novelty and touch again. Roommate mode builds through efficient routine, so small daily rituals and occasional new experiences are usually the fastest way back.

Why this happens

  • Conversations shrink to logistics.
  • No protected time as a couple.
  • Touch becomes rare and functional.
  • Novelty disappears.

What helps

  1. Twenty minutes a day of undistracted time together.
  2. One non-logistics conversation daily.
  3. Non-sexual touch every day.
  4. A new shared experience every month.
  5. Protect privacy and couple time.

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Answered by Rupesh Ojha

Relationship and intimacy consultant and behavioural pattern analyst, helping individuals and couples since 2015. Private, judgement-free and LGBTQ+ affirming.