In Order To Be Harmonious, The Husband And Wife Couple Do Not Only Need Physical Immunity

JAKARTA - Psychologist Irma Gustiana A S.Psi, M.Psi, Psychologist, CPC, said that husband and wife not only need closeness and physical intimacy to foster domestic harmony, but emotional closeness must also be maintained.

"Not only physical closeness and intimacy, but the emotional closeness between husband and wife must be maintained, cared for and maintained," Irma said in an ABC Kecap press release, quoted from Antara, Sunday, December 11.

He added that spending quality time, quality time, with your partner also needed to be done.

"For example, celebrating a special day by cooking together in the kitchen at home. Husbands who are happy to help their wives' work at home can improve a harmonious life," said Irma.

Irma also added that it is not only healthy for husband and wife, harmonization in the family also has an impact on children who are part of the marriage. Collaboration and synergy between husband and wife is needed, including in terms of sharing roles in household work, cooking for example.

Some of the tips that husband and wife can do to maintain cohesiveness and improve family harmony, according to Irma, include making simple plans for activities that can be done together with quality time, for example shopping for household needs including cooking needs in the kitchen, making a schedule for food menus for families, or looking for new recipes on social media, and much more.

Irma suggested involving all family members, including children to cook together in the kitchen because cooking activities can make the relationship between families closer and warmer. Cooking together can be a routine agenda with family on weekends.

In addition, you can also do cooking activities as an important agenda in togetherness with your partner. Because there are many things that can be communicated in the process of cooking together.

In addition to cooperation and collaboration in serving delicious and nutritious dishes for the family, let children see the harmonization established in cooking together, because it will be a real example that can be imitated by children and all other family members.

The importance of collaboration at home has prompted Kecap ABC to consistently carry out the #SuamiKariMasak campaign since 2018. This campaign stems from an invitation for wives to support their husbands in cooking, in 2020 this campaign continues with an invitation for children to do the same through an educational platform.

This campaign invites husbands to help their wives through simple things that can be done in the kitchen.

"Through the #SuamiKesaMasak campaign, we would like to invite and convey a message to husband and wife that quality time in bonding with family can be created anytime and anywhere, including in the kitchen of the house," said Marketing and R&D Director of Indonesia/PNG The Kraft Heinz, Susanne Migchels.

For example, a married couple who are always compact and collaborating on domestic household work is shown by celebrity couple Christian Sugiono and Titi Kamal. Tian, Christian Sugiono's nickname, did not hesitate to help Titi finish her work in the kitchen.

"I like to see Titi busy in the kitchen and sometimes look tired. So I like to help Titi in the kitchen, for example when preparing food for the family on weekends," said Tian.

"If I'm cooking, Tian often helps. I don't feel disturbed at all every time Tian joins in the kitchen, it's actually helped by the little things Tian does while I cook. Tian is also involved in the cooking process," he added.