One problem we have right now is that we don’t get out enough. There are a lot of reasons for that. Sadly, most of them are practical and are really difficult to work around.
Today, we drove over to my brother’s place (about an hour away) to spend some time with him, his wife, and my parents (who came into the area to visit their two grandchildren: our son and my niece). Hermione and I have made a lot of progress over the last few weeks, in several areas. One is general ambition. Another is weight and physical fitness. A big one is that I’ve made good progress in being more “alpha” around my wife. She likes it, and she’s conscious of liking it.
I hate to say it, because I love my brother and his wife both… but they’re hugely fat, lazy, and he’s a sheep, letting her run all over him. My dad is also more than a bit beta.
I let some of that work on its own today, but I also strategically amplified it some. I consciously chose the “daddy chair” at the head of the lunch table, and I dominated conversation more than a little (something I kind of did before; as I’ve said, there were a few things I was getting right by accident before I discovered Game). Add in a few other actions here and there…
When we got home this evening, we fed the rug rat, put him to bed, pulled some chicken out of the freezer to thaw for dinner (ended up microwave-defrosting it; we should’ve pulled it out last night)… and then she jumped me. It was good. 
Yeah, we definitely need to get out more.
