Sentences with phrase «time couples spent»

As part of my research I carefully charted the amount of time couples spent fighting versus interacting positively — touching, smiling, paying compliments, laughing, etc..

How long the romantic stage lasts seems to depend on how much time the couple spends with each other and the amount of «woundedness» or «baggage» the individuals bring to the relationship.

Not exact matches

The term «newcomers» is code for a couple of demographic subsets, one being women, the other aging boomers — people with time on their hands, replacement hips and money to spend.

Think about how much money you spend on new customer acquisition — is it less than $ 4 and a couple minutes of your time?

Nearly everyone has been dealt a tough blow over the last couple years, and raising taxes at this time would kick consumer spending and the entrepreneurial spirit while they're already down.

Couple that with their new video ad products for sales and direct response and the fact that they're the greatest data company of all time for marketers and you have some serious reasons to spend some real money on Facebook video ads and video content for Facebook.

«We spent a lot of the time over the last couple of years learning from our retail operations out west,» said Mark Childs, chief marketing officer at Samsung Canada, in an interview with Marketing.

The men were told to look at the images for as long as necessary to make their judgments, and longer time spent looking specifically at the faces and bodies of the gay male couples was taken by the researchers as another sign of attraction to men.

Also, whereas there was no link between the amount of impulsive attraction the non-homophobic men showed toward men (on the manikin task) and the time they spent looking at the images of male gay couples, there was a link among the highly homophobic participants - those who showed a greater impulsive attraction to men also tended to look longer at the images of gay couples than heterosexual couples.

Each time, he took much more care before signing a lease: «If I find a vacant space I like, I spend a couple of days in the neighborhood, talking to proprietors of nearby businesses.

The couple reportedly spend most of their time in New York, but also own a palatial Connecticut estate known as Sabine Farm, which they're listing for $ 31.5 million.

«They've spent a lot of money — and they've done it a couple of times — trying to get the automotive inventory systems running as efficiently as they need them to be,» Mr. Danahy said.

I promise you if you spend a couple hours one day reading posts on this site, or if you want to support financial education and read my Best of Financial Samurai book, you will get super motivated to build your wealth and actually gain more wealth over time.

Capalad recommends that her clients choose one category at a time and spend a couple of months paring down their spending in that area.

I also hate spending 25 bucks every couple months on razors that only provide a great shave the first two times I use them.

A couple of weeks ago I spent some time understanding blockchain technology and bitcoin, and it seems to me that the terminal value of bitcoin is 0.

Came across your blog a couple weeks ago... and have spent lots of time reading up on your investment strategy!

LoL The Prophet used to, as did all the Prophets before him, go spend a couple days in the cave of Hira» from time to time as we all do go out hiking & camping or to the top of a mountain for a vantage point, reflection, & peace & quiet, & to get away from it all, when it all becomes too much for us to deal with characters like you for instance LoL.

It leaves no time for spending time with family members that aren't believers, no time for «couple time,» no time for friends, no time for rest.

The greeters then introduce them to a couple of families in the church who share some common interests and who the greeters know will spend some time getting to know them.

A couple years ago, I spent a weekend at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, and it was a really enriching time for me.

A couple years ago, I spent a weekend at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, and it was a really powerful and enriching time for me.

I challenge you to go back through your last couple of years worth of blogs, and show yourself where you spend QUALITY time in addressing hurts and pains.

Of course there will be plenty of times that you're together and using technology, but healthy couples know how to put down their phones and computers and turn off the TV to spend quality time together.

During my time in El Salvador, Central America (1983 - 86), I was always thunderstruck when, after a group of U.S. visitors had spent a couple of hours listening to the stories of the Mothers of the Disappeared or to officials of the non-governmental Human Rights Commission, at least one earnest soul would take me aside to ask whether «we're going to get a chance to hear the other side of the story.»

In a couple of hours we will head out onto the streets to spend time with our homeless friends.

One busy mid-years couple reports that the two periods they spend meditating each day gives them a tonic for tensions as well as other rewards which far surpass their investment of time.

I wrote in this magazine just a couple of months ago about these «RSVP» moments, which proves that I either think that they are important, or I spend too much time in church gatherings (and need to get out more), or both.

He writes that though being family - oriented is an «image Chip and Joanna work hard to convey,» he casts doubt on how authentic those values really are to the couple: «I've always believed that we prove what we value most by where we choose to spend our time.

He knew these boys for a couple of years or longer before spending any private time with them.

A married couple with one or two children can spend all their time and effort on themselves.

Considerable time was spent during the group sessions on questions, discussion, and feedback from the «homework» the couples had done in their own lab sessions.

Even intimate couples don't spend all their time who are alone with each other naked!

For a couple years, they spent time hanging out in part of the larger group.

Though motivated by marriage, they are genuine conversions — as every Hillel director knows, because so much of one's time is spent with these couples.

If only the media spent this much time and effort trying to get to the bottom of at least a few of the real stories out there over the last couple years instead of crap like this.

Or maybe the church should butt it's nose out, and couples should be required to live together for a period of time prior to committing to spend their entire lives together, so that they can get a realistic understanding of what it is like to live with someone 24/7.

He has spend the past couple of months at Jalame's checkpoint — a particularly fiery time to be assigned there.

And having spent considerable time on David's blog over the past couple of months, I believe it is the latter that David is doing and he has been a great source of encouragement to me, as an individual.

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a lot of time meditating on all that has happened to me.

As I've mentioned before, I personally think it is counterproductive to spend time and money trying to mess with the constitution so that it restricts the rights of U.S. citizens under the banner of «protecting the sanctity of marriage,» especially when heterosexual couples face a divorce rate that hovers between 45 and 50 percent.

He said his time on the RV was a «gift from God,» but he decided he needed to spend the last couple of weeks focusing on his non-believing family and friends in New Jersey.

While I spend the majority of my time in the produce oil picking out a plethora of fresh greens, herbs, and miscellaneous items such as radish sprouts, fresh ginger, and stalks of lemongrass, I decided to grab a couple containers of plantain chips on my way through to the cash register.

Growing up, we spent a couple of weeks every summer on the California's Central Coast, and as we'd pull off the Pacheco Pass on Highway 152, my grandparents would declare it was time to play «Name That Crop.»

In an average week I probably spent 4 - 6 days exercising from anywhere between 30 mins to 1.5 hours each time, with a heavy weights session, a couple of cardio sessions and lots of walking.

There are even a couple of recipes that just say «Andrew» beneath the title — a clue that I've long enjoyed spending time with mom in the kitchen.

With that first savory - mushroomy - cheesy bite you don't mind having spent a chunk of time in the kitchen — a couple of hours, give or take.

A couple years back I wrote, «I look forward to 2005 being a year where; I see more of the world I live in through travel and photography, I spend more time with my sister, I make an effort to collaborate on projects with interesting, innovative individuals.»

I'd been thinking about buying some kind of Canon 5D for a couple of years, but I had a hard time committing to spending that kind of money on something that will soon go obsolete.

There were a lot of savoury foods I ate growing up that I COULD made vegan now — pizza pops and chicken nuggets to name a couple — but they wouldn't be that healthy or simple and I'm not into spending lots of time making recipes for dinner, especially if they have more refined ingredients..