Everyone knows that date nights are an important factor when you’re married.Especially when you have kids.
As important as it is to be there for your kids, couples need time along without distractions to rekindle the romance, to spend undivided attention on each other and of course, to have fun.
Hubby Byren and I used to do date nights once a month, if his schedule allowed it (because he worked and still works late hours occasionally). I think the last time we had a date night was almost two years ago. After our Gremlin was born, we just didn’t have time. Work, priorities; things just didn’t gel.
When I came around to thinking why we haven’t had a date night, I realised it hasn’t because we didn’t have the time, we didn’t make the time. We always had excuses about how we couldn’t have date nights because of lack of energy or babysitters or for that matter ‐ money.
None of these were an excuse to me anymore. We had to have date nights, even if it was only once a month. We needed to make time for each other. NO EXCUSES!
Also, date nights don’t need to be just about leaving your house and going somewhere to do something. There are so many ideas that can be amazing for date nights that you can do in your own home.
I set out to set up a list of different date night ideas that we would both be interested in.
Some of them required going to places so those would be left for the once a month date nights. I also included stay at home date night ideas which we could then include for the remaining three weeks of the month. Win win?
These are all the ideas I came up with for our Date Night Ideas Jar:
- Coffee Date
- Mini Golf
- Beer Tasting
- Dance Class
- Planetarium
- Watch the Sunrise
- Ice‐Cream Date
- Browse Bookstore
- People Watch
- Wine Tasting
- Pool
- Roast Marshmallows
- Hike
- Build a Fort
- Paintball
- Theatre
- Watch a Sports Game
- Dinner at a Place We Haven’t Eaten Before
- Homemade Pizza
- Movie Marathon
- Picnic in the Park
- Fondue
- Museum
- Arcade
- Cheese Tasting
- Bowling
- Video Games
- Italian
- Moroccan
- Indian
- Russian
- French
- Greek
- Thai
- Vietnamese
- German
- Mediterranean
- Mexican
- Tie‐Die Shirts
- Ice Skating
- Horseback Riding
- Zoo
- Comedy Club
- Amusement Park
- Karaoke
- Sports Bar
- Pizza Date
- Happy Hour
- Sushi
- Board Games
- Cinema
- Seafood
- Massage
- Bed and Breakfast
- Homemade Twister
- DIY Art Project
- Fishing
- Homemade Ice‐Cream
- Aquarium
- Bake
- Candlelight Dinner
- Chocolate Tasting
- Art Gallery
The “Italian, Mexican, Thai, etc” are all different cuisines we want to try out together.
I love this, especially the people watching together!
At least we can be “creepy” together 😂
We have not had any dates since Princess came into the picture. I cannot imagine going out at night without her. We went to a park where there’s a dam and a lot of animals around, a few weeks ago. Us three – it felt good though to get out of the house. And Hubby and I connected. But yes, I know it doesn’t count as a date. We’ll get there. Princess is one now.
It’s fine. When you are ready, you’ll be able to resume date nights with just the two of you! X
Love date nights and I agree with you, even when you’re married and have kids – No excuses. I have some friends who do that, one date night a week without fail and they have blissfully happy marriages, because parents who love together also make the whole family feel safe and loved too. Great post 🙂
Not having date nights really does create a tint on a relationship. That’s why I created the jar, but also to be a bit more spontaneous with our date nights. Don’t want the “movie and dinner” option all the time. X