One of the best pieces of marriage advice we ever received from our coaches was simple and confronting. Do not go more than 72 hours without intimacy. At first, it sounded unrealistic. Too structured. Too forced. But what it actually exposed was everything underneath. The rule was never about sex. It was about connection. When we knew intimacy was coming, we had to communicate better throughout the day. We had to clear resentment instead of letting it pile up. We had to be more intentional with