Health & Fitness
West Orange, the Town that Jumpstarts Love…
This town thrives itself on promoting love and strategies to maintain love. What are three things we can do to jumpstart your marriage?
If you believe in love, this is where you start. In this 12.1 square mile township in Essex County, West Orange boasts more than nine establishments (which include a few country clubs) as the premiere town in New Jersey to have a wedding reception. Couples come from all over the tri-state area to hold their reception at The Manor, The Pleasantdale Chateau, or Mayfair Farms – just to name a few.
But is this town a good place to maintain a loving relationship? According to Wikipedia out of the 16, 480 households in New Jersey, 56 percent of them are married. We also know that marriages can be a challenge, especially when you add kids and the stress of living in one of the highest taxed states.
According to Erina Lee, blogist for EHarmony.com, people more than ever are skeptical about marriage and even though the divorce rate is stabilizing, it's still in the 40 to 50 percent range.
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So from a statistical standpoint, about 3,691 couples in West Orange will get divorced a year from now. You may think that sounds like a high number and it is. If that many couples don't get divorced there are a whole lot of them that are thinking about divorce, or are just unhappy or just plain disconnected.
If we are going to change this trend we have to activate our Love Muscles. What are three things we can do to jumpstart your marriage:
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Jumpstart your intimacy – Intimacy/Sex helps release oxytocin which leads to more warmth and bonding as a couple.
Jumpstart your Quality time – there are some wonderful places in West Orange where you can reconnect with each other.
Jumpstart your Communication – If you can't communicate well, you can't relate well. Communication is the key to combating stress and rigors of daily life.
In the end West Orange is the place to jumpstart the journey of love and a great place to maintain it as long as you make the choice to do the work.
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—Coach Keith
