February has long been touted as the month of love, hearts and flowers, but it should not be the only time we encourage our romantic sides to come out and play, right? As parents, my hubby and I find it a huge challenge to commit to date nights or weekend getaways. In fact, I can not remember the last time we had a true date, but we do try to keep things light and fun with little touches. Things like holding hands when you are out shopping or opening the door for your spouse when you return to the car can be so meaningful. ♥
One reason people in relationships tend to let the romance slide is because they are too tired to make the effort. It’s not that they don’t want to enjoy the company of their significant other, it is that life has gotten in the way and derailed their good intentions. Whether you work full time, have children or both, we all get tired and the first thing to go is often the last thing we should let go – our relationships and the attention we pay to them.
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What sweet little things do you and your special someone do to keep the romance alive?
FT&PD
Suz
Disclosure: I am a 2017 Church and Dwight Ambassador and have been compensated for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.
My husband leaves for work early in the morning. I try to leave him a sweet note for him to find as he starts his day.
When I leave for work and before I go to bed – I always kiss him goodbye/goodnight and tell him I love him. We also try to have one night during the week – where we do something together – may just be watching tv or talk but, that is our time.
We still kiss each other goodnight every day, whether we go to bed at the same time or not.
My husband and I plan a date night every couple of weeks, and we take turns deciding what we’re going to do for it.
We talk about our blessings, celebrate the little moments and always say “I love you”! 20 years of loveliness.
We make sure to kiss and hug constantly. Our kids love it, LOL
my hubby works away so I put a nice card in his bag with a few spritzes of my perfume on it so he can find it when he arrives at his job
I cook him nice meals all the time and occasionally pick up some wine to got with it.
My whole family has a cute rule. No one leaves the house without saying I love you, even in an argument.
We are always dating- doing small special things for each other, surprising each other, having special dinners or going to see a movie, etc.
My husband always makes my tea in the morning and at night he makes sure I have my bottle of water next to my side of the bed. I do similar little things for him as well. We don’t leave it to only Valentine’s Day?
We do the dishes for each other-we cook for each other-we be forgiving of each others moods
Open communication and going out together help a great deal.
a kiss good morning and a kiss good night
By having date nights as often as we can!
We go on dates, for example to the beach, the museum, the movies or the pub!
He will bring me coffee in bed on some weekends!
We always kiss good morning.
I make their favourite sweet treat and leave in their lunch tin.
We are both retired so we spend all our time together,life is good !
I believe i put my twitter incorrect,it should read downey_k65
We go out on date nights. Sometimes supper, sometimes a movie or sometimes both.
We try to do a date night at least once a month
lots of random hugs and kisses
We go out on date nights.
When I am out and pass by my husband’s favourite bakery, I always stop by to pick up a little treat to surprise him with .
date nights really make a difference. thanks
Go out for dinner.
We do thoughtful things for each other.
Massages go a long long way… 😉
We like to write each other letters.
nothing more romantic then him getting up with the baby at night or doing the dishes, let’s be honest haha. I love the random flowers, but I love sleep more. I will make him a special lunch for work to surprise him
We have a lot of inside jokes so that even when alone time is scarce, we are still connecting and having fun all the time.
Our romance stays alive by doing the things we love together like fishing and camping.
I leave a message on his voicemail every workday, which he loves!
Hubby and I buy each other little gifts just because.
We do lots of hugs and kisses.
We make sure we have our own personal time and space so we get to actually miss each other every once in a while.
We try to do little things for each other every day.
We do spontaneous stuff, like we head to the city and spend time together, have a light lunch, just be together. My husband does NOT NEED me to go with him when he goes to buy wood. HOWEVER, he asks me to go with him as he likes to spend time with me. (a wood trip takes about 3-4 hrs because we don’t live in the city and its never just one place we end up going to, its multiply places)
We try to spend quality time together no electronics.
We leave little notes for each other, hold hands when walking, lots of hug/kisses…..we try to do lots of little things everyday to show our love.
Don’t have a special someone, but communication is very important.
We do no electronics
We communicate and make it a point to spend time together that doesn’t involve kids or work.
Nothing have to find someone.
We spend a few nights a week cuddling on the couch together
We write cute little notes to each other and leave them around the house
We try to go on date nights
Whenever we are ending a phone call to each other or seeing each other off, we say ‘I love you’
we re affectionate and hug and kiss daily and always give each other cards on holidays no matter what
We go out for breakfast out of town.
We put away our electronics so that we can talk.
I’m single so I don’t do anything 🙂
We always make sure to make time for each other – ex. a date night, a weekend get-away for just the two of us, etc…
We take turns making breakfast in bed for each other.
I don’t have a special someone right now but if I did it would be little signs of affection
Date night is something we are trying to do more of because it helps keep us feeling connected!
We set Time to spend together without TV going.
We have secret codes for certain things that only the two of us understand. Whenever we are able to, we will set aside some “us” time
we dance in the kitchen even when there is no music
We go on regular weekly dates, even though we’re married.
Leaving love notes around the house is a great way to keep the romance going. Leave notes in sock drawers, on bathroom mirrors, kitchen drawers etc.
I am single at the present time but am dating.
kisses hugs and date nights
I’m single now so no love for me.
We make sure to go for a walk and just talk things out regularly.
We go on walks together and talk.
We hold hands when we go out.
We surprise each other with dinner out, movies or something special we wanted.
We always get a kiss goodnight
I always think the small things like surprising someone with their favorite meal means a lot
Making my hubby’s coffee in the morning and baking his favorite muffins
We cook each others choice of dinner once a week.
A simple and sincere kiss in the morning each and every day and a loving kiss goodnight.
we send fun texts to each other
We try to do things together whether it`s work or fun and we have a few date nights here and there too.
We try to have a moment for ourselves at night to recap the day and cuddle.
We like to go out to nice restaurants together
We still kiss each other goodnight!
We are always as polite with each other as we would be to strangers 😉
We leave little notes in unusual places.
We always kiss each other good night.
We have date night weekly to spend more time together. We hold hands and hug often too.
We make sure to spend some time every day together.
We have our alone time, which could be going out for a date night, or just staying home to cuddle while watching movies, but our alone time is very important for romance time to happen.
We spend time together, watch movies and drink wine
We make love, consistently.
I put little notes in my husband’s lunch bag some days and notes in his textbooks. He makes me things sometimes at work and often brings me coffee after work.
My hubby and I go out for dinner together at least once a week.
My husband likes to get me coffee and says “it makes you happy”…lol. We just renewed our vows in a little country church for our 25th. If you are best friends it’s easy to do kind things for one another because it makes you feel good to see the other happy.