I have been on this forum for several years but only as a reader for the most part. Recently I have found great help in my marriage by following simple principles that John Gottman and others have laid out. Their research shows that happy couples focus on the positives and have a 5-to-1 ratio on positive to negative interactions. Although my marriage is not perfect, this has helped a lot and I want to see if there is a way to get there using a mobile app as a medium.
With that inspiration, I am building a messaging app exclusively designed for couples where they get to post "lovenotes" and "nastygrams" to each other in the app. Lovenotes can be anything positive - like a note of love, a thank you, a compliment, a virtual gift, Etc. Nastygrams can be serious or silly stuff like the toilet seat left up but MUST be said with humor. The receiver gets to rate lovenotes and nastygrams on a scale of 5 based on how nice they felt receiving the lovenote and how funny the nastygrams were. Sender is allowed to send a nastygram only after they earn enough points from sending lovenotes.
What do you guys think? Would you and your spouse use such an app? What do you like about it and what would you change or do differently?
I will select three commenters and send a $25 gift certificate via email on 10/25.
I really think we can help more marriages with simple tools like these and look forward to your responses!
With that inspiration, I am building a messaging app exclusively designed for couples where they get to post "lovenotes" and "nastygrams" to each other in the app. Lovenotes can be anything positive - like a note of love, a thank you, a compliment, a virtual gift, Etc. Nastygrams can be serious or silly stuff like the toilet seat left up but MUST be said with humor. The receiver gets to rate lovenotes and nastygrams on a scale of 5 based on how nice they felt receiving the lovenote and how funny the nastygrams were. Sender is allowed to send a nastygram only after they earn enough points from sending lovenotes.
What do you guys think? Would you and your spouse use such an app? What do you like about it and what would you change or do differently?
I will select three commenters and send a $25 gift certificate via email on 10/25.
I really think we can help more marriages with simple tools like these and look forward to your responses!
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