What can I do with my family to have fun that won't end up in an argument?
Families are great. We love them regardless of what they do, who they become and even if we don't have anything than common! In some ways blood is truly thicker than water.
Some families spend a lot of time together effortlessly but this isn't always the case.
Increasingly family life is becoming strained with two hard working parents and the tv taking over most of our free time. We don't even eat dinner together at the table any more. But spending time together, which is relaxed and fun is still important.
Now I believe we can argue about anything! It is only your attitude and behaviour which can prevent this. But here are a few suggestions of things to do together.
Go and visit a local castle and grounds for the day.
Go to the beach with some games like scatch!
Redecorate a room together.
Pick a movie, prepare some snacks and watch it together at home.
Go for a nice meal.
Go bowling.
Try something different – like a sushi class!
Go to the theatre and then chat about it later.
Play board games. A great way to communicate!
I can understand the crying voice from your inside while writing this question. Well, I can try to give you a reply and suggestion to your question.
Having fun means to enjoy something, it could be moments, it could be objects, it could be jokes or it could be time spent together. You see there is a word 'TOGETHER'; this is the core of the reply to your question.
When you will feel that you are having fun and enjoying it because your other partner is enjoying it ideally if you your partner is enjoying it because you are having fun too. Then it will be hard to end in an argument because it is the picture of love when you submit yourself to your partner.
If the other partner does not feel the same way, then it becomes hard to avoid an argument. Because both the partners and the members of the family will having their own opinion and would try their best to make other consider that to be correct.
But what if one of the partners starts submitting oneself to the other's opinions for some days, don't you think it would help in the reconstruction of some better relationship?
When you love you can argue, it means that you can't argue with someone you didn't live with for a long time.
So I think that you can do lot's of things together with out an argument. You can take your family for dinner, or you can spend an evening looking at albums and remembering some happy moments.
Having a picnic together and playing games could be a nice idea too.