DP and I have been together for six years next month and engaged for three. We've lived together for five years, have two children aged (almost) 5 and 2 and are just coming out the other end of a rocky financial patch (benefits but I've just got a job). I fell pregnant very early on in our relationship but we really wanted to make it work and we did. We've always been a very happy, in love and passionate couple but it feels like the passion has gone.
We've been sat at home with each other, only venturing out to go shopping or for a walk, with a two year old for a year now. We do the school run, we make dinner together then we sit in front of the TV and do nothing. We still have sex 2-3 times a week and our love is still very strong for each other but it feels a little stale.
We won't be able to afford to get a babysitter and go out together until the end of July or the beginning of August. He has a job starting in the next few weeks and I start Monday so things are definitely looking up but now I feel we're going to miss each other as he could possibly work in the evenings and weekend while I work a 9-5 Mon-Fri.
I don't want our passion to escape again like it has been because we're very intent on marrying next year, love each other fiercely and adore each other's company but I've really run out of ideas to bring that closeness and spark back.