Psychologists say your marriage doesn’t fall apart from stopped caring. It fades from stopped choosing. A 3-minute daily ritual that keeps you choosing each other — even when life gets full. Long-term connection isn’t lost in one big moment. It slips away in a hundred small ones you didn’t notice you skipped. Here’s a nightly ritual that keeps you choosing your partner on purpose: 1. Give six seconds of real eye contact when you reunite. Not a glance while you unpack bags — a real pause that says “hey, it’s you.” 2. Ask “what was the hardest part of your day?” before you fix anything. Curiosity before advice builds safety; advice too soon builds distance. 3. Put your phone face-down for the first ten minutes together. Presence is the ritual — not the length of time. 4. Name one specific thing you noticed about them today. “You seemed lighter after your walk” lands as being truly seen. “Good job today” doesn’t. 5. Before bed, say one moment you chose them today — out loud. Naming it ...