I'm not sure that adding visual items would be as great as it might seem - anybody here remember Defender of The Crown - but if my character loves somebody enough to marry them it would be great to have a couple of options other than directly asking them how much money they made. Maybe things like "How's your day been?" which could just as easily end in the "made a tidy profit" dialogue or perhaps branch to needing some ingredients or food?

might as well have an orgy dlc for your your housecarl, spouse & follower. .. . . .

I would love to have more interactions with my Argonian Husband. I hate the lack of things you can do mainly cause it makes roleplaying less enjoyable...

Also, someone said something about tail action.. Like coiling your tail around your lover's tail? Maybe make a heart?

I think the OP is just talking about the common stuff.. NOT six. You are a dirty perv.

I wouldn't mind either way. If it wasn't in the game, I wouldn't miss it much. Since it is there, i wouldn't mind if they improved it. Nothing graphic or cutscene; just different interactions that might lead to surprise perks. Maybe a quest where if you do a certain quest, it kicks off with your spouse being abducted and you have to find them. I wouldn't mind follower quests like these as well. Lots of neat little character things they could throw in there that I would pay for a in a DLC.

I always find stuff like this odd. Romance in movies are expected. But it does not translate the same in video games. I haven't really even gotten into having a wife or whatever in Skyrim, but here is the thing about romance in videogames:

What about gay and other alternative lifestyles?

We live in a time where thankfully these things are more acceptable, but it is not common in video games. There are maybe 4 games that I know of in all existence that approaches the above aspects rightfully and maturely. Skyrim developers, and moreso the publishers would never venture that far, it is just too risky. That is why it is not in the game.

Also, this is an Adventure Fantasy game not a dating sim. I wouldn't want Bethesda pushing resources into an aspect of their game that really doesn't do anything for it.

So I'm just saying, if you want a romance system in skyrim, you won't see if from the developers. People don't realized that half of all gamers lead alternative lifestyles. So when you comes to romance in games, it is a tricky and expansive thing to add onto a game that usually ends up with ostracising half of your audience. You'll see it from the modders, but not the devs.

Paying real life cash to kiss a fictional person in a game about dragons? hell nahh, what kinda forever alone noob would want that. Although some more spouse interaction would be great (i was really looking forward to adopt one of those kids ) but i aint paying penny for [censored] like that.

I always playing as a Male Argonian and I always marry Derkeethus, a Male Argonian. So.. Gay Lifestyle is already in Skyrim, just like M/F and F/F lifestyles. Just need to expand them to make it more.. Fun and roleplaying.

You could try playing the Sims...you can do all those things in that game...

You are absolutely right, there should be more options for your spouse...nicely done...bravo...

I personally wouldnt pay for a relationship DLC, though I could see that others might pay for it. I do feel that marriage could have been better implemented. Wear an amulet, trade a few lines of dialouge and head to the temple? Half the time your spouse walks out of the temple before the ceremony even finishes.

Is six in relationship not common? I guess babies in Skyrim come from bottles of mead.

Kissing and sixing would be fun.

I would maybe pay for dlc like this if it added a few other things maybe. At the very least I'd like the option to plant a kiss on the spouse's cheek.

And the characters do have six. Thats the whole "lover's comfort" thing. I don't think it needs to be shown. D:

And once again a thread on this subject has come to conclusion that if you want to do something else in a game than kill legions of people there is something very wrong with you

"You know what's wrong with Skyrim these days? Everyone is obsessed with death!"
"I enjoy a good sword fight as much as the next Nord but there is more to life than fighting."
"Some Nords had forgotten poetry, romance, etc.." (He goes on)

Basicly, some people wish to have some nice happy romance in their games instead of going around killing stuff all the time. Killing stuff gets boring and tiresome after awhile.

I say Bethesda should add some more romance into the marriages.. But Not six.. I am against six in games.

it's a pretty good idea i suppose. the current marriage system is a bit lacking imo. There's just so little interaction with spouses its like any other npc expect they live in my house.

But i wouldn't really like paying for it, actually i wouldn't mind if they bundled it with other larger dlc.

six isn't really common in relationships. Yeh, it happens and needs to but it isn't a "Every Day Thing" .

Instead of medium armor, spears, mudcrab leviathans, enhancements to vamps and werewolves, people want...kissing. And marriage stuff. Wow. Keep that to your personal RP. Go to bed at 5PM and wake up at 6AM and pretend you had a nice dinner, had some romance and went for a nice walk. No dev time should be alotted towards someting like this. It's just so...trivial.

Yes more interaction with your spouse is a nice option.

Everything in Skyrim comes from mead. I mean...it's freakin' mead! It belongs at the head of the Nordic pantheon.

On topic, there's more to relationships than just physical intimacy. I think stuff like that should be left to The Sims. Maybe squeeze in a simple kissing animation at some point, but I agree that video game kissing usually looks really cheesy. However, they could still add more flavor to marriage without "wasting good development time." Give it some gameplay benefits and rewards so that people who don't RP won't see it as "trivial." Spouse-specific quests have already been suggested. Maybe, at some point, your spouse does go missing or gets kidnapped, and you have to rescue them. Or have them randomly give some simple little quests that have you going to buy food or clothing. Maybe deliver a package to your spouse's friend who lives in another city, and the friend rewards you with gold for the service. Perhaps they want to visit Uncle Bob in Rorikstead and you have to escort them and make sure they arrive safely. When you arrive, Uncle Bob gives you his enchanted spear (Hey, why not? Two birds, one stone). The guilds have generic, radiant quests. Maybe spouses should, too.
I also always have my spouse as a follower on my Dunmer character. Maybe she could have the ability to tend to my wounds after some particularly nasty combat. Sure, I could just as easily heal myself or chug potions, but it would make it feel like your spouse cared for your well-being instead of just functioning like another emotionless follower.

Romance in Skyrim is fairly shallow. I feel that adding things like a-huggin' and a-kissin' without any other substance would just make it even more shallow and gimmicky. It needs more depth than that. Radiant quests, additional special perks, unique dialog that's more diverse, the feeling that your spouse actually cares about you. Right now, we have the Band of Matrimony and Lover's Comfort bonuses. They need more things like that to improve marriage, not just throw in the ability to roll in the hay every once in a while.

If I had taken the time to write up a serious response to the OP's idea, this is what I would have written. Well done.

Meh, I dunno. Be kind of nice to get home after days of blood and dust, walk into Breezehome, pat Lydia on the butt, embrace a bit, and have her say "Is that a horker tusk in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" Then kick back in the chair by the fire and ask her how her day went while she stirs the pot, and listen to some rambling about shopping for cheesewheels, or dropped hints about some pretty blue dress she saw at the store, or how her mother keeps asking about when she can come and stay for a while... heh. Little things add more than we realize. Being married in Skyrim is too much like all the other NPC interactions- little depth, uninspired, unmemorable.

At the very least, you should have to prove yourself through quest(s) to your future spouse/husband in order for her/him to accept you as her/his husband/wife.

Right now it's like "Hey you have an amulet of Mara, are you interested in me?" Yes/No... WTF!!!

Then there should be special quests when you ARE married.

I like the idea. I wish I thought of it! Anyway, is it kind of weird that after I married Mjoll and she moved to my house in Riften, that one guy that's always around her is IN MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME. I walk into my house and he's sitting at the table with Mjoll. I wish there was an option to say, "Get the hell out of my house!". Each time I talk to him, he says, "I've never seen Mjoll this upset before. The city really gets to her." Should I be offended by that?