Date Nights at Home
Close your eyes and think back to the time when you and your significant other were first dating. I will venture a guess that both of you were desperate to be together. As you counted down the minutes to your next rendezvous, you each thought of creative ways to spend the time. Planning fun and exciting dates was almost as fun as the dates themselves. Imagining each other’s reactions, what you would wear, the fun you would have, it was all part of the package.
Today, if you are like most couples with children, your only time alone together is at the end of the day, when the kids are asleep. In my house, we usually pass that time in two very unromantic ways: either we tackle household chores, side by side (so I make the week’s lunches while my husband picks up the kids’ toys in the living room) or we sit down together on the couch to watch our favorite TV shows. (more…)
