What can couples do to keep the marriage passionate?

Earlier in an article Fun Activities for Couples - How to keep the spark alive in your marriage, I may have been a little bit more inclined to suggest that in a case like this a woman take initiative in bringing passion back into the relationship. Maybe that is not always be the situation.

A reader of mine writes, "I think the author of this article needs to be less stereotypical. I have been married for 6 years and it is my husband who wonders why the romance left and it is he who has a job that doesn't take as much time as mine and he that takes on the role of "a bored housewife" - not me, the wife. This is the 21st century and there are examples of role reversal and different models of relationships everywhere - embrace them - don't turn those of us who are non-traditional off in your opening paragraph."

I totally agree. We already live in an era of stay-at-home dads and women who earn more than their husbands. I think I must conclude by saying that a relationship is based on equal partnership and if the passion is gone both have to the hard work.