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SINGAPORE : Keep the flame alive - that is what a marriage wellness programme hopes to get young married couples to do. It has lined up a series of food-related activities as part of Real Love Works 2010.
Newly-weds Jenny Tan and Charles Lim love to wine and dine. So the time over a meal is always the best time to talk, share and play card games.
A game, designed by Marriage Central, is available at nine restaurants. It has question cards that prompt couples to talk about anything under the sun, and pick up nuggets of information they never knew about their spouses.
Jenny Tan, a wine and food writer, said: "There was one question that was quite interesting, which said 'what is the super power that you would like to have?' The answer I thought he would give was to be invisible. But the answer he gave was to be able to read peoples' mind."
Marriage Central said young couples sometimes need help to make the marriage stronger.
Anita Fam, Chairperson, Advisory Board, Marriage Central, said: "When we looked at the statistics last year, we realised for that those who are getting divorced, it happened ... between 5 and 9 years of marriage.
"So we are reaching out to couples who have just been married, who are about to get married or have been married for a few years."
Evelyn Khong, Head of Family Life Education, Fei Yue Community Services, said: "In terms of getting them to sign up for marriage classes, they say they have no time, but they do have issues."
Playing the card game is one way to get them to talk about issues they do not usually discuss.
Movie deals and a picnic have also been lined up for Real Love Works, from March 20 to 28.
- CNA/al
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