My all time classic date night is simply dinner and a movie - dinner requires talking. We do what we can to not answer texts. We try to talk. Some nights it more difficult than others, but I try to remember being quiet with each other is a good thing too. (no texting during quiet times)
- Make dessert together
- Sit next to each other, touching, while watching an old tv series you both enjoy
- Make each other (him to you, you to him) a favorite drink and sit on the patio to enjoy outside
- Play a board game (more than one round)
- Facing each other on the couch, give your spouse a foot rub
- Lay in bed and watch a movie on your computer, which requires being very close
- Plan a meal, grocery shop together and then make it together
- Go for a walk
- Fill the car with a few drinks, set off on a car ride
- Do an exercise DVD together (we did this on one of our first dates)
- Take a class together (local grocery store or restaurants have them)
- Pack your spouse's bag and go to a hotel for the night - enjoy the pool, spa, beautiful vistas, restaurant, free bikes or hikes
- Make fondue and feed each other
- Take a dip in the pool (or in your neighbor's)
- Teach your special someone to do something
- Pick up a book and read to each other (he's getting used to me doing this lol)
- Stroll the local farmer's market
- Go bowling (we do this all the time)
- See if he'll braid your hair
- paint each other's toenails (then remove his paint)
- Go window shopping and laugh at the crazy things you will never need
- Visit a coffee/tea shop and share a pastry
- Go for a long bike ride, enjoy a snack at the halfway mark
- Take a vacation!! No really, do this. Even if it's just for a weekend.
- Make breakfast and then take it back to bed for at least a few more hours
- Read side by side (this has to be one of the most romantic things, for me)
- Apply a removable tattoo to each other
- Take a shower together (make sure to use the soapy sponge)
- Make a night where you share a joke you heard that week
- Have a cocktail hour (one of my girlfriend's used to do this) every day for 30 minutes they would side on the couch side by side and enjoy a drink while sharing their day
- Go to the park and toss a football, baseball around (make it fun and doable) (we do this and he laugh at me bc I am not that great, but it's fun)
- Go to a wine tasting
- Go to a beer tasting (they have these now!)
- Try kissing for 10 seconds each day (this one is hilarious, but totally works)
- Take a bath together (suds optional)
