Giving up or faking it?

I can not believe it has almost been a year since I wrote a blog post (a personal one anyways). While I have been blogging for my business and keeping an active journal, I gave up on here for a bit. Every time I start back up I promise myself to stick with it, and I have failed. I am always thinking "oh I should blog about that" and then my day gets away from me.
Well here I am, blogging, we will see how long I can keep it up.

Now you are ready to hear about giving up or faking it, right? I have been thinking about this topic for awhile now. I know you will all know exactly what I mean when I talk about this. What I have been seeing a lot of Facebook lately are couples who post "Woman crush Wednesday" and "Man crush Mondays" every week. They are constantly writing on each others walls and gushing their love all over the place, then BAM, they break up, or get divorced and all of us are blind sided by this because they "seemed so happy".
So my question is, were they really that happy? Did they have a pretty darn good relationship and just throw in the towel once things got rough, or they got bored? Or was it all a show? I am sure relationships fit into both of those categories and there is no easy answer. But it still leaves me wondering how many couples are throwing in the towel before giving it their best.
No, I am not going to tell you to stay in a situation that is awful. I am just curious how hard you tried to have the best relationship you could have. Have you unplugged from technology? Have you taken a trip to the Ocean or Mountains? Have you turned off the TV and had real life conversation? It is amazing how many couples I talk to that don't do any of these things.
On occasion my husband and I will send our phones on a date, we actually call it "doing it". We put our phones together in our bedroom and leave them there for hours while we detach from technology. My husband will say "where is my phone?" and I will say "our phones are doing it" and he knows exactly what I mean and remembers where they are. It is a silly, but easy way to get them out of your hand, pocket, site and dive into your family.
We also do not have a TV in our living room. I know it isn't an option for some people but if you can have a room that you can spend time together in and there isn't the distraction of the television on, it is wonderful. We almost always have the radio on and we dance every single day. No joke. Everyone in my house dances. We dance during dinner, in the morning, all day, every day. You should see my youtube, completely filled with dancing videos of my kids.
Anyways, this wasn't meant to be a "relationship advice" blog, but I do have advice. My husband and I started dating over fifteen years ago and are creeping up on our seven year wedding anniversary. We have also survived building a house, building a business, and have two children. There have been so many challenges we have faced and through communication, setting plans, leaning on each other for support. It is the only way we have survived the rocks thrown.
So please, if you are struggling in your relationship, let's not post gushing posts on Facebook. Instead put a plan in place. Find your love for each other again. Talk about it, work on it, explore mother nature, listen to good music, eat good food, and remember why you fell in love in the first place.

Happy Thursday :-)