Background photograph: Christy and her husband looking at one another while riding together in Venice.

For the two of you

Bonded by Design

Make room for the relationship inside the life you share.

Begin together

When did the two of you last stop and ask, how are you?

A relationship can stay loving while the two of you spend more time managing life than enjoying each other.

Schedules fill, conversations become practical, and the time that belongs only to you becomes harder to find. Bonded by Design helps couples protect space to know and enjoy each other beyond the logistics.

WHAT WE MEAN BY PROTECTED TIME

Protected time is time with both your names on it, decided in advance and kept for the two of you. It gives you room to talk, laugh, go somewhere, or simply enjoy being together without the next household task setting the agenda.

Everything on this page exists to help you begin protecting your time together.

THIS WEEK'S CHECK-IN.

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What's something I did this month that made you feel supported?

Ask it when you have time to hear each other's full answer.

A LITTLE SPARK

Need an idea for the time you protected together?

Choose how much time you have. We’ll give you one simple way to spend it together.

CAN'T DECIDE? WE'LL PICK.

Press the button and we'll pick for you.

Christy and her husband standing together beside the gondolas in Venice.

We lived in Italy for a while, and Venice was magic every time. Years later, on a farm in Louisiana, we realized the magic was never only the place; it was slowing down long enough to turn toward each other and ask, how are you?

THIS MONTH WE PROTECTED.

An afternoon in the sun.

The shadows of Christy and her husband forming a heart on the beach beside a small starfish.
We slowed down long enough to enjoy where we were.
Updated every month from our actual life, not a highlight reel.