What Are Your Common Interests?

This exercise is designed for you and your spouse to do together.  Take the opportunity when you are having coffee or spending some time out together to identify interests you currently do together and ones that appeal to you both for the future:

Circle all activities you and your spouse currently do together, even if only occasionally:

Watching TV

Goig to Movies

Reading

Painting

Shopping

Photography

Darts

Pool

Remodeling

Scuba Diving

Sketching

Sky Diving

Biking

Swimming

Theatre

Walking/Running

Roller-Blading

Kite Flying

Car Races

Sporting Events

Concerts

Camping

Traveling

Golf

Tennis

Cross-Country Skiing

Fishing

Collecting

Horseback Riding

Motorcycling

Boating

Cooking

Craft Shows

Weight Lifting

Playing Cards

Board Games

Bowling

Dancing

Hiking

Hunting

Museums

Art Shows

Snowmobiling

Ice Skating

Gardening

Snorkeling

Bird watching

Landscaping

Downhill Skiing

Model Building

Water Skiing

Other:____________________________________________________________________________

Scoring: How many activities and interests do you have in common? 


More than 25: Excellent

20-24: Very good

15-19 Good, look for new opportunities

10-14 Fair, evaluate what could be added for the two of you

Fewer than 10, identify new activities you would both like to try.

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