Date Night Tip 1
Parents, if you cannot afford a sitter, is there a way to set up a rotation with other families to take turns each week watching kids for date night? If you have four families, you can get a date night three times a month.
Date Night Tip 2
Husbands, when is your date night? Your wife needs it. You do too. We’ve enjoyed Friday date nights for about twenty years.
Date Night Tip 3
Husbands, don’t waste every date night at a movie where you can’t talk. Use the time to visit with your wife, draw her out, and study her as you do the Bible.
Date Night Tip 4
Plan out your date nights. Ask your spouse in advance what sounds good, ask their options, make a plan, and they’ll be thankful.
Date Night Tip 5
Avoid date night killers: having no plan, selfishness, laziness, letting technology keep interrupting, and doing the same old predictable thing.
Date Night Tip 6
Time with other couples now and then is okay, but if most date nights involve other people, there is likely an intimacy disconnect in the marriage.
Date Night Tip 7
Dads, moms who stay home all day with kids need to get dressed up, be taken out, and have some adult conversation with their husbuddy.
Date Night Tip 8
Husbands, what can you do to find some creative ways to make date night fun and endearing even on a tight budget?
Date Night Tip 9
Husbands, what can you start doing days or hours before date night to build the expectation of connection with your wife? Flowers, cards, calls, texts?
Date Night Tip 10
When life gets crazy, for example, the kids are sick, find a way to sneak in a bit of a date night at home, such as, a soak in the tub together or a glass of wine after the kids go to sleep?
Date Night Tip 11
Sometimes sending the kids out to someone’s house and having a date night at home can be cheap and fun if planned right.
Date Night Tip 12
Men, you don’t pursue a woman to marry her and then stop pursuing her. You pursue a woman to marry her and pursue her with more passion and creativity than ever. How’s it going, husbands?
Date Night Tip 13
Men, you don’t need to understand women. You will be doing better than most to understand one woman. Date nights are to ask inviting questions, listen, and learn about her. It’s also a night to open up and let her do the same. Engage in conversation.
Date Night Tip 14
Men, if you don’t date your wife, someone else may eventually volunteer for the job.
Date Night Tip 15
Ladies, sometimes it’s a great gift to go into your husband’s world for a date night by doing something like putting on a jersey, going to a game, and eating a hot dog. His love language may just be hot dog.
Date Night Tip 16
Men, here are some date night tips just for you: find a shirt with buttons, try two eyebrows instead of one for a change, find a breath mint or twenty, show up with a gift, don’t ogle other women, and go to a restaurant that does not have a spork.
Date Night Tip 17
Sometimes the best date night is date breakfast, date lunch, or surprise pick-up-your-spouse-from-work for an hour at a hotel.
Date Night Tip 18
For some they are “bored” games, but if your spouse likes board games, a fun date night is to find a nice spot to be (like the beach) with a beverage of choice and time to play and chat.
Date Night Tip 19
Sometimes takeout is fun and a drive to somewhere more private to turn it into a picnic or adventure.
Date Night Tip 20
A nice, relaxing candlelight massage is always a good date night, especially if your spouse is high touch.
Date Night Tip 21
Every once in a while, you just have to have a redneck date night and go bowling, play pool, or throw darts.
Date Night Tip 22
Plan in advance for some big events like concerts, comedians, plays, or a cirque show. Who is coming to town? What would be fun?
Date Night Tip 23
Men, take your wife shopping. Yes, shopping at a place that does not also sell carburetors or fishing supplies. Patiently help her pick things out, watch her try them on, flatter her with comments, and spend some money.
Date Night Tip 24
Sometimes it’s fun to go on an old memorable date again, or retrace a first date, relive the memory, and remember what God has done since then.
Date Night Tip 25
A few times a year, a couple needs an overnight date. Even if it’s a night away with a discount room from Priceline, dinner out, and time to chill.
Date Night Tip 26
If you have no idea what to talk about on date night, take turns picking a book, each read a chapter a week, and discuss what you learned on date night to kickstart conversation.
Date Night Tip 27
Husbands, have you ever asked your wife what things she’s always wanted to do but never told you? You could plan some epic date nights from that list.
Date Night Tip 28
It’s always a good idea to take a camera on date night, snap some photos, and revisit them to have a laugh and celebrate the times you’ve enjoyed.
Date Night Tip 29
If money is tight for date nights, ask family and friends for gift cards to places you like (as birthday and holiday presents). Then after you use them, send them a thank you so they know what a blessing it was.