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Exploring Old Stomping Grounds
Date Night Idea When you first met your future partner you spent hours talking about your likes, dislikes, your point of view on many different subjects and your personal history, as well as your hopes and goals for the future. While men are generally presented as the gender that doesn’t do a lot of talking, it is extremely common to hear newly smitten women describe an early date with, “We got on so well. He is so easy to talk to. We just talked and talked all night long!” New couples are fascinated with learning about the other person and intrigued by their similarities and differences. The Gottman Institute calls…
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A Cityscape Date
A Great Way to Keep Costs Down and Still Feel Like You've Had a Break Working on your friendship and making special memories as a couple is so significant for keeping love and passion in your marriage alive. According to relationship expert, and author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Dr. John Gottman - happy marriages are based on a deep friendship. With long-term vitality and connection being maintained through moments of intentional friendship that are woven throughout the course of the relationship. Weekly, or fortnightly, Date Nights are a great way to carve out regular time together in busy schedules in which to work on maintaining and growing…
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It’s Puzzling – A Puzzle Date Night
Date Night Idea Life is busy. Whether you are enjoying the benefits of just being a couple, or you’ve been blessed with additions to your family, there are constantly “important” things that crop up in life. These things can end up keeping us from spending focused time with our spouse if we let them. Time when we can enjoy each other's company while doing something fun together. According to John Gottman (a scientist, who has studied couples and marriage relationships for over 40 years), there are a number of key things that couples with happy and healthy marriages have in common, 7 of them to be precise. The first three…
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Picnic Party For Two
Date Night Idea If you are anything like me you love the idea of a picnic. Yummy food, awesome company, and the great outdoors. I own the fancy basket with the mini plastic wine glasses, flimsy cutlery, and tiny space to fit all your food – it’s pretty but not super practical. Unfortunately, though, the reality is we hardly ever have time during warm daylight hours to go on a proper picnic. But, who says you can’t take that pretty basket for a spin, winter or summer? So, last winter when it was cold outside, Mike and I had a picnic for Friday night date night – on our lounge room floor!…
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Backwards Dating
Backwards Dating - Date Night Idea Who says dinner has to start with an entree? Why not start with dessert?! For my husband and me, our fortnightly date nights are something we both look forward to. This is an opportunity for us to just hang out as a couple, away from the pressures of daily life. A way to make fun new memories; to spend focused time talking, laughing and connecting with each other. However, for all my husbands' great qualities, creativity, especially when it comes to date night ideas, is a struggle. Mike would be very happy with some nice food and a board game or two every time. I,…
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Lounge Room Slumber Party
Date Night Idea What is the secret to an awesome date night? Your significant other, some creativity and a little bit of planning. Mike and I strongly believe that even though we are married, we still want to date each other for the rest of our lives. But with our busy schedules, date nights don’t happen unless we are intentional and book them in. We have agreed that, for us, once a fortnight is a good frequency and before we book anything else in our month we make sure date night is marked in. Date nights are times when we do something fun together, something different from the norm. But…
