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Chip & Joanna Gaines Reveal New Change They Made to Strengthen Their Marriage
Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary in May, and they’re still doing new things to keep their marriage alive. In fact, the couple just added a new activity into their lives to help strengthen their relationship.
After previously opening up about how working out together has helped them “show up for each other,” the Gaines’ told People that they’re now trying something else to connect with one another.
The new hobby? Dance lessons! “Anytime you unlock a new thing, and you do it together, it only grows your relationship,” Joanna confirmed, adding that she hired a couple to come to her and Chip’s office to teach them how to dance.
“You see insecurities, you see strengths, and it’s like, ‘Oh, that’s a new awakening.'” Joanna admitted. While she joked that she and her husband are “so bad” at dance, Chip opened up about how the lessons have helped their relationship.
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“We didn’t know how to hold our hands [at first],” he said. “It’s hard to make eye contact with even your best friend and wife of 22 years. It feels really strange, awkward. But then after two or three weeks, we started looking forward to those lessons. It was this sweet reminder that all of us could use refreshes and challenges in our relationship.”
Joanna added, “I feel like dancing is the most symbolic way of talking about, as a couple, ‘How do you stay in sync in life?’ We do really good in real life, we have our rhythm. But with dancing we were so off, it was surprising. We’ve done everything else so well, but this, we totally suck at! But it was beautiful.”
Joanna gave a glimpse of her and Chip’s dance lessons in an Instagram post for their anniversary. “We’ve loved turning our date nights into dance nights,” she wrote. “We are going to need quite a few more lessons but this is so much fun! Thanks for you patience, @dancewaco 😉Happy Anniversary—Here’s to learning new things the older we get! @chipgaines.”
