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Date nights: what kind of time together brings couples closer

You finally get a free evening together. Do you go to the restaurant you always go to, or try something neither of you has done? Psychologists tested it, once with couples tied together at the wrist and ankle.

  1. 1 Rono has the children. You and Miva have one free evening, the first in months. There is the pizza place you always go to. And there is an escape room, a game where you have one hour to find your way out of a locked room. Neither of you has ever tried one.the usualpizza placean escaperoomyouMiva

    Rono has the children. You and Miva have one free evening, the first in months. There is the pizza place you always go to. And there is an escape room, a game where you have one hour to find your way out of a locked room. Neither of you has ever tried one.

  2. 2 Psychologists have asked which kind of evening brings a couple closer: a nice one you know well, or one that is new and a little exciting.Arthur Aronpleasantexciting

    Psychologists have asked which kind of evening brings a couple closer: a nice one you know well, or one that is new and a little exciting.

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