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79 Hobbies for Couples to do TOGETHER!

Married couples need to have some fun together! And one of the best ways to do that is to find hobbies for couples.

We’ve had some heavy topics at To Love, Honor and Vacuum lately, and so I thought it was time to revisit one of my favorite posts ever and run it again, with some fun changes, so it could be higher up in the queue!

Let’s emotionally connect and have fun together again! No matter where you are in your marriage, you need some hobbies! A hobby is simply an activity or pursuit that you do together. And during COVID, we all could use some new ideas, too.

Hobbies can bring couples close because of two communication principles:

  • It is often easier to communicate side by side, when you’re doing something, than it is to try to communicate face to face.
  • When we spend more time together with shared activities (like hobbies!), then we build up goodwill, which makes it easier to tackle some of the bigger problems in marriage.

We all need shared activities, because that builds shared memories. You feel more like a team. You start chatting again (and the more you talk about little things, the easier it is to talk about big things!). And you laugh. Whenever you laugh together, walls come down. Tension dissipates. And you feel close. Often those petty things that bug you about each other seem to disappear!

Besides, it’s just plain fun to share hobbies as couples.

It’s fun to spend time away from a screen. It’s fun to build a memory or be productive or experience something new. And it’s fun to learn together! Here’s the neat thing about pursuing hobbies for couples, too: you don’t each have to love it to the same extent. The goal is not the hobby itself. The goal is spending time together and having those opportunities to laugh and chat. My husband and I go birdwatching. I enjoy it. It gets me outdoors; we get some exercise hiking; I learn more about photography.

But Keith will trek 2 miles through brush to sit still at dawn in the hopes that he might see a king rail (it’s a bird!). He will stand still at the base of a tree for 10 minutes to verify whether that was a white throated sparrow or a white crowned sparrow. He is WAY more into it than I am. But we still go birdwatching together, because I’m in it for the memories, not just for the birds. And when he wants to do something intense with counting birds, he goes without me.

I’m going to share a whole bunch of ideas for hobbies you can pursue together. Take this post as more of a brainstorming session. Maybe something I’ll mention will twig something in your brain and you’ll find an entirely different hobby to share with your husband! But what I’d recommend is this:

Finding a Hobbies for Couples

  1. Look through this list and identify 3 hobbies you’d like to start with your husband.
  2. Have your husband look through the list and identify 3 hobbies he’d like to start.
  3. Exchange lists and choose one on the other person’s list that you’d enjoy, too.
  4. Choose one to start first!

A Comprehensive List of Hobbies for Couples

Outdoorsy Hobbies for Couples

  • Hiking
  • Birdwatching
  • Fishing
  • Hunting
  • Snowmobiling
  • Kayaking
  • Canoeing
  • Sailing
  • Windsurfing
  • Golfing
  • Tennis
  • Biking
  • Jogging/Training for Marathon
  • Joining a co-ed sports league: basketball, baseball, soccer, etc.
  • Skiing
  • Target practice
  • Rock climbing (on real rocks)
  • Photography
  • Metal detecting
  • Foraging (for wild mushrooms or other edibles)

Domestic Hobbies for Couples to do Together

  • Gardening
  • Cooking (cook something gourmet once or twice a week together)
  • Homesteading (where you try to become self-sufficient in some food products)
  • Home improvement/painting

I’m already planning out my garden for the spring! I love growing herbs, and I dried and preserved so many last year, and made a ton of pesto.

Even if you’re in an apartment, you can make a balcony garden! But I love this garden tower for a house, too, because creating raised beds can be a hassle, and this I can put right on my deck and see it as I have my tea in the morning and it just makes me happy. Creating pestos and teas and salsas and hot sauces out of your produce can be another hobby you can do together.

And, seriously, it’s amazing how much you can grow in one of these garden towers!

Garden tower Project - 79 Hobbies to Do with Your Spouse

And planning the garden can be so much fun as well. The yield on these towers can be incredible. Do you want to do herbs? Salad greens so you have fresh greens every night? Tomatoes or peppers? I’m planning on a variety of hot peppers myself!

Sporty Indoor Hobbies for Couples

 

  • Working out/weightlifting
  • Yoga for couples
  • Aquafit
  • Racquetball/Squash
  • Swimming
  • Bowling
  • Rock climbing (at an indoor club)
  • Ballroom dancing
  • Irish dancing
  • Square Dancing/Line Dancing
  • Zumba classes

Line Dancing - 79 Hobbies to Do with Your Spouse

Keith and I take ballroom dancing classes online, even during COVID! Before the last cruise we took, we learned the chacha really well, along with reviewing the foxtrot and the swing. And it’s just fun to do for 15 minutes a night. Each video is only 3-5 minutes long, and they teach you one thing at a time. We really enjoy it!

And Connor just went rock climbing again this weekend for the first time in, well, forever! The COVID lockdown is over here, and a new rock climbing gym opened in our hometown right before COVID hit. He’s determined to use it enough to keep it open! When Rebecca and he were first married, they loved rock climbing together (and they will again!).

Rock Climbing - 79 Hobbies to Do with Your Spouse

Rebecca and Connor at the rock climbing gym!

Events to Attend Together

  • NASCAR races
  • Sporting events, especially more minor league local ones
  • Plays, dance performances, or comedians
  • Music performances: symphonies, bands, worship groups
  • Special museum or art gallery exhibits
  • Film festivals or film clubs

These may be all closed for the foreseeable future, but when they reopen, consider season’s tickets for something. It gets you deliberate date outings, and it supports something in your community.

Games Hobbies for Couples

  • Chess league
  • Puzzles
  • Board game club (even start your own)!
  • Euchre club (host your own euchre parties)
  • Bridge club
  • Strategy video game (my husband play just one game of Crusader Kings and it lasts for several months!)

We’ve also got a board game cafe in our hometown, which are getting increasingly popular. Go out to play a board game (or stay in), and you can try new ones and figure out which ones you like!

Educational Hobbies for Couples

  • Touring art galleries and nearby historical sites
  • Learning local history and becoming tour guides
  • Tracing your family tree
  • Planning an educational trip, like a rainforest trip to learn about nature or a European trip to trace some World War II battles. Do research together beforehand.
  • Touring wineries

Income Producing Hobbies as a Couple

Sheila Wray Gregoirehttps://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. Plus she knits (Even in line at the grocery store.) Shiela a speaker, a blogger, an award-winning author of nine books, and a wife and mom. She loves God, loves marriage, and loves her family.
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