David Burtka Shares His Secrets to a Successful Marriage With Neil

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David Burtka shared penetration with E! News astir his longtime relatationship with Neil Patrick Harris, saying, "You person to instrumentality attraction of your marriage, you person to spell connected dates..."

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David Burtka's narration proposal is like icing connected the cake—sweet and satisfactory.

While the Broadway star has been joined to Neil Patrick Harris for 8 years, they've really been unneurotic for 2 decades. So it's harmless to accidental that David knows a happening oregon 2 astir how to person a palmy romance. But the Celebrity Dish big kept it real, exclusively telling E! News that "every matrimony hits unsmooth spots and that's conscionable the mode it is."

"Having unfastened lines of connection is ace important successful your marriage," helium shared. "Going to spot idiosyncratic to speech astir your issues arsenic a couple, there's thing incorrect with that."

The Broadway prima besides said that "marriage is work," but it's erstwhile you halt putting in the effort that the spark starts to fade.

As helium enactment it, "You person to instrumentality attraction of your marriage, you person to spell connected dates, you person to spot someone, if you can, to speech astir it."

And David, who shares 12-year-old twins Harper and Gideon with Neil, stressed that butting heads with your spouse is not lone mean but healthy.

"Being capable to combat and being capable to marque up is truly important," David said. "And having your kids spot that you combat and seeing that you're capable to marque up is important."

He added, "I deliberation each of those aspects are important to a blessed marriage."

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The nonrecreational cook besides noted however crucial it is for him and the How I Met Your Mother actor to make memories with their twins.

"Any clip spent with your household is invaluable time," David gushed. "Having a speech with your kids is truthful important. Talking to your kids arsenic mean quality beings, not having the babe talk, it makes your kids consciousness similar they're adjacent with you."

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And with the holidays close astir the corner, the longtime couple has plans to walk adjacent much clip together.

"I person each azygous cooky cutter signifier for each azygous holiday," David, who partnered with Arm & Hammer Plus OxiClean Laundry Detergent, said. "Whether it's Valentine's Day oregon Thanksgiving oregon Christmas, I ever person sweetener cooky dough successful my freezer and we ever bash a sweetener cooky enactment astatine our house."

"I person each my friends travel successful and the kids decorate the cookies and erstwhile they spell to bed, we marque them better," helium quipped. "We jazz them up and marque them look a small much presentable."

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