How couples plan for a date night

Posted on by Forest in General, Opinion, Recipes & Food

How couples plan for date night quite likely depends on the couple and the length of time they have spent together but assuming it’s been a while date night often turns into any night transplanted into another place. Talks about what needs to be fixed in the house, what needs to be grabbed on the next shopping trip and every now and then a little row over a small thing may all feature at your same old weekly restaurant or at the bi-weekly bowling trip. The thing is all couples need to learn to let go and date like a new couple.

How couples plan for a date night if they are just starting…

Do you remember being a new couple? Not yet living together, having that feeling that you just could not wait to see each other and planning all the exciting things to talk about. Even dating at an older age can give you teenage giddy butterflies in your tummy but sadly as we grow on each other the fire dims a little and we lose sight of how much we enjoyed just being in each others company.

Date night needs to be detached from every other night and here are my tips on how couples should plan date night

• Plan a weekly new idea like trying all the restaurants in your local area, no matter what they look like. Or maybe seeing if you can try every bar, every bowling alley or arranging to attend a different club each week (like a bok club, a movie club, a lecture etc etc).
• Try and spend the day before completely apart. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and if you can spend the evening and whole day before without even talking and then the date will feel fresher. It could be good to have your own nights with your friends the night before and possibly stay elsewhere if you live together.
• Don’t go to impress. You are a couple so finances are important. Do something within budget and affordable so if you don’t have any cash make date night at home or at a low budget restaurant. There is no need to spend lots of cash and spend the night worrying.
• Arrange the night in turns as a surprise. Try taking turns to arrange the night and just tell as much info as you need. For example if you arrange a trip go-carting tell your partner to bring loose comfortable old clothes and a change of clothes for after. Tell them nothing more. Next time it will be their turn to arrange.
• Call the night off if life is getting too much in the way. If something really is going to be dragging your attention off the date night itself then it’s worth postponing in my eyes. I think it’s more productive to get stuff done and then do the night in the next few nights.
• Plan double dates. As you spend a lot of time together it may actually be nice to plan a double date with another couple. Social situations often help to make times much more fun and oil the conversation pistons.

My personal favorite dates are trying new restaurants and going to see independent movies followed by ice cream or desert and a walk.

If you are a couple I would love to know how you plan your date nights.

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