Things around our house have been really busy lately. Like, crazy busy. While I?ve been pushing to meet work deadlines, he?s found other things to fill his time. When I?m finally available for some down time, he?s busy with his things. In a rare moment with some empty head space, I reflected back to the not so long ago time we did?date nights?. Even though we were busy, we decided to pick Wednesday nights as ?our? nights. We took turns choosing something for us to do together that took us away from our normal routine. Whoever?s night it was got to plan the whole night. If the date required any preparation on the other?s part, we?d let them know where we were going, otherwise, we kept it a surprise. We tried to pick things that we always had wanted to do or places we?d always wanted to go, but never quite got around to. If we went to dinner, it was someplace we?d never been before or a food we?ve never tried.
- One night we went? to an Indian restaurant we?d passed by a million times but never been to. There wasn?t another person in the place, and we sat on the floor and ate with our hands.
- Our city has the Spokane river with a series of waterfalls running through the city. We live in the suburbs and although we pass through the downtown area, we rarely stop. We leisurely walked through the park and across the bridges over the falls.
- We drove to the north side of town, where we seldom go, and discovered a pizza place that was the same one we used to go to in high school near our part of town that had been closed forever.
- We went to a movie and spent like a billion dollars on popcorn, candy, etc instead of smuggling in our own snacks.
When life gets crazy and time seems so limited, it?s easy to lose that connection with each other. When we can?t fit all that needs to get done in a day, sometimes the suggestion of the other to ?let?s go do something? gets skewed in your relaxation-deprived brain as just another demand of your limited time. When daily stress starts to get to you, sometimes just the presence of your partner or the way they say something, or little things they do can grate on your nerves. Date nights can take you out of your stale routines for a night and transport you to another place, remind you of a different time, cause you to recapture a feeling you?ve forgotten you had.
When your spouse/partner is making you crazy and you just want to rip their eyes out, instead of deadbolting yourself? into a room to get away from them, you might give date nights a try. Here are some suggestions from Redbook to get the ball rolling?
100 Great Date Night Ideas
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Source: http://weddingpreviewevent.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/relationship-stale-bring-back-the-date-night/
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