Yep, you read that right. Showering is SO important. Before you say duh and close this post, let me insert an important adverb into the title, “Showering Together is SO Important.” Ah ha! Now I’ve got your attention.

This is perhaps a little more tricky (especially if you have kids) than my other SO Important posts on kissing and touching. It’s also considerably more intimate.

Have you ever showered together? And I don’t mean to conserve water or because the other shower in the house was out of commission. Have you ever taken a long, leisurely, so-you-almost-run-out-of-hot-water, enjoying-each-other’s-body shower together?

We know a couple that has remodeled their bathroom specifically designing a walk-in, glass-block, multiple extra shower heads, extra-large, deluxe showering extravaganza. (Now that’s what I’m talking’ about!) But even if you have the standard, builder-grade, regular-sized stall, showering together can be comical fun.

If this sounds enjoyable to you, then make the time for it. Get up early, put the kids to bed early, or plan a weekend away. Treat your spouse to a shower massage. Use a special shower gel. Linger and relax, or make it hot and steamy. Spend time enjoying your spouse’s body.

If it doesn’t sound like a good time, explore why. (Read my husband’s post here.) And work toward this as an expression of trust and affection and closeness in your marriage.