Rich Fury/Getty Nick Lachey opened up about his "golden rule" with wife Vanessa Lachey The star — who hostsLove Is Blindwith Vanessa — said it's important not to bring your work home with you "Try and keep it as separate as you can," he said on theRicher Livespodcast NickandVanessa Lacheyhave been happily married for nearly 14 years — and it's likely thanks in part to following what Nick calls the couple's "golden rule." In an appearance onRicher Lives, SoFi's branded financial podcast, Nick, 51, revealed the lesson he and Vanessa, 44, keep close to heart. "I think the best thing you can do is not bring your work home with you. Which is tricky when you work with your spouse," Nick said on the episode, which premiered on Tuesday, May 27. "I think we do a really good job of doing that, for the most part, but it's not easy working with your spouse sometimes." The couple, who have been together since 2006 and married since 2011, have hosted the Netflix hitLove Is Blindtogether for the past five years. "Sometimes you show up for work and there's an argument at home that you brought with you to work and you don't want that to bleed over. And sometimes there's arguments at work that bleed over," he explained. "You don't want that, so, you know, I think it's kind of good to compartmentalize and recognize that you're here doing a job. Yes, you're a married couple, and we've been together almost 20 years now, so I think that's our golden rule, is don't bring work home, don't bring home to work. Try and keep it as separate as you can." Nick and Vanessa are parents to sonsCamden, 12, andPhoenix, 8, and daughterBrooklyn, 10. The twoshare the same birthday— Nov. 9 — and this past year, Vanessa celebrated with a photo of the pair sharing a kiss. "❤️Happy Birthday to Us, My Love❤️," the TV personality wrote. "19 years we have celebrated together … I'm always ALWAYS 'By Your Side'!" In an interview withBRIDESin February, Nick and Vanessa revealed another secret to keeping their relationship strong:dedicating a day of the weekto being intimate. Kevin Mazur/Getty "He's like, 'What, schedule a sex day?'" Vanessa said of Nick's reaction. "It sounds weird when you say that, so we decided: Wednesday — hump day." Though theNCIS: Hawai'istar admitted they have fallen out of the routine after moving back to Los Angeles from Hawaii in August, Vanessa said she hoped to get back into it soon. "I don't want the time that we have for intimacy and connection to be taken over by logistics, but that's our life," she added. "I think we're coming into an age of having to have a hump day and a logistics day." The couple also talked about the benefits of couples counseling, with Nick noting that it's normal to have disagreements after nearly two decades together. "Anything that's worth having takes work," he said. "To me, that's a cornerstone of life, and marriage is no different. There's no shame in that. There's no perfect person. There's just your person." Read the original article onPeople
