Protecting Date Night
My girlfriend & I were talking today over lunch at CFA. We discussed the importance of date night with our husbands. Time away to rekindle that fire & spend time with each other without distractions. We recently did a date night w/her church & it was great! Child care was taken care of AND they gave you "homework" for your date. About 5 questions as discussion starters. It was good because it took our focus away from stress at home & centered it on our relationship.
I came home from lunch today to find the iMOM Espresso Minute on that exact subject?!
Hmmm...is "someone" trying to tell me something?!
After weeks of planning, days of lining up a babysitter, hours of rearranging schedules and a mad dash to get dressed and ready to walk out the door, you and your husband are finally alone and on a date! It's the perfect time to catch up on all those important matters you've needed to discuss, right?
Not quite. In this week's Learn a Latte, iSpecialist Dr. Greg Smalley says couples need to guard their fun time from potential conflict.
Even if you have pressing issues to discuss, do your best not to bring them up during your down time together. Here are some more ideas from Dr. Smalley on how to protect your fun, and your relationship.
If you are thinking, "Date night?! Are you kidding me?!". Here are 12 Ways to Keep Your Love Alive.
Let me know any thing you & your hubby do to keep your marriage strong!
I came home from lunch today to find the iMOM Espresso Minute on that exact subject?!
Hmmm...is "someone" trying to tell me something?!
Not quite. In this week's Learn a Latte, iSpecialist Dr. Greg Smalley says couples need to guard their fun time from potential conflict.
Even if you have pressing issues to discuss, do your best not to bring them up during your down time together. Here are some more ideas from Dr. Smalley on how to protect your fun, and your relationship.
If you are thinking, "Date night?! Are you kidding me?!". Here are 12 Ways to Keep Your Love Alive.
Let me know any thing you & your hubby do to keep your marriage strong!
I love date night. Tom and I just had one the other night. It was so nice just to go to dinner at an nice restaurant and go see a movie. Just getting to visit and be together without the kids is such a treat. It is very important.
ReplyDeleteGreat post sister!
Date night is so hard for us to achieve: 1. because the hubby works ALL of the time and 2. there is nothing really close for us to do which makes going out a HUGE ordeal. However, we do find time to spend together once the kids are in bed. We will play cards or dominos and it is just nice to have some down time together.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Agree - date night is a must! I look forward to it all week long. We've done date nights in too - but I love going out.
ReplyDeleteDate night--what is that? We are so bad about making time for date nights! Today's Espresso minute made me think about our need for date nights--thank you for the great post Jen!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It is funny (well, not FuNnY, but you know) how our dates tend to end up in some sort of serious, argument-leading discussion that we havent otherwise found time for. That is unfortunate. We will have to watch that. Thanks for the reminder to go thru the "hassle" of setting up a date night with HIM and not just a date for me and my girls.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad your posted about this the other day. I signed up for their daily emails...am so loving this site!!
ReplyDeleteDate nights are very important for us as well. I love the part about not talking about stressful things on your date...awesome!!
I just recently realized date night is important. I always wondered how this could be achieved without a babysitter or money to go out to eat and my Nana who has been married for over 50 years suggested at home date night: feed the kids early, get them ready for bed and set them up in another room with a movie, books or bedtime... then set out the nice china and enjoy a meal alone and don't discuss anything important or pressing.
ReplyDeleteWe did this on Valentines Day and it was fabulous, I think she is right in saying we should do this often and teach our son the importance of marriage and time alone.
Maybe I should set up another date night this Friday!!
Date night, we do not get that very often around here. I am particular about who watches the boys, only their mimi or mama can get them to bed and you hate to ask them all the time. But we try to spend time together after the boys are in bed, we agreed no more technology or work after the news goes off and it has been nice to just talk.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
well, we take a date night when we can and i must say we always need a plan or it doesn't turn out too great!! we love going to movies or dinner or strolling through the mall or a bookstore.
ReplyDeleteWe are due for a date night. I love date nights.
ReplyDeleteActually we are due for a mini-vacay!!
Fabulous post Bloggy Friend!
ReplyDeleteDate Night is a cherished tradition. One to make the sacrifice for.
Thank you for reminding me how precious it really is.
great post!!! this is we need to work on. we are busy so much with youth events & when were not we feel bad to leave the boys again with the grandparents. we need to get in our heads that "our" realationship is the most important & if we continually don't work on "us" then there will be trouble.
ReplyDeletethanks again for the great reminder!
Stumbled upon your cute blog via C Jane. Love your date night advice! My husband and I soooo need more date nights!!!
ReplyDeleteThis weekend is the movie date night at the church! Wanna go with us?
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