<human>: My wife and I have been married for four years. I am (M)28 and she is (F)24. Our lives have been very busy and it has taken a toll on our marriage. We have both become bored in our relationship. 

We don't really have dates anymore and our sex life has become as stale as everything else.We talked recently and both want to try and fix things but don't really know how. 

We are open to counseling but wanted to know if anyone has ever found anything else that actually helped them fix a stale relationship? We've looked at books on Amazon but the reviews as usual are mostly not helpful.

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: My wife and I are in a stale relationship and we want to fix it. Besides counseling is there anything that actually helps get the spark back?