Understand and accept that it is perfectly fine to be silly from time to time. Kindness will go a long way in a relationship. Choose costumes the two of you can wear to enhance each other.
In the first scenario, be honest with your mate and tell them that you are very tired and while intimacy is important, you would prefer to make sure the kids are in bed on time so the two of you can have some quality time together.
It is important to build a strong, healthy relationship with the families as well. There are many people in long-term, successful marriages that will tell you they go out on dates every week, which has been a huge bonus for their relationship. Be Yourself Do not be phony in your relationship, trying to be someone or something different as a way to please your mate. Do not allow your relationship to grow old and stale.
To Tell or Not to Tell Experts will disagree on how much of a persons past should be shared in a relationship and while some things probably should be shared, most people lean more to not sharing every aspect of the past.