Being in relationship with your spouse or significant other can get lost when so much focus is on success and work. After being together with my husband for more than 22 years, I have found that my husband is not looking for me to get him the most expensive gift to keep him in love with me. He wants to know that the relationship is important and I will be there for him when he needs me. Doing more little things with him throughout the year keeps us connected and supporting each other in our relationship.
It takes time to plan and put effort into your romantic life. You might want to dress yourself up a little, write a note, or just think about how you want your attitude to be while you’re together. If you want your spouse to enjoy being with you, make your attitude enjoyable.
Here are 22 inexpensive ways to connect, be together and keep your relationship as important as anything else in your life. Taking on one or two of these tips each month could create romance all year long. Enjoy these tips and feel free to share one of your own.
- Be a tourist and go around your town and rediscover your town and rediscover each other. Likes, dislikes, passions and so on. You might be surprise by what you find!
- Visit a local museum or art gallery, look around, share with one another which items or pieces of art you like and don’t like. It allows you both to acknowledge your differences.
- Go to a fancy restaurant after you’ve eaten dinner at home and just order dessert and coffee. Just a little time to be in public and keep in budget.
- Light candles in your bedroom, get a bottle of warm massage oil, and give each other massages.
- Hire your kids to make you breakfast in bed and serve you both. They may want a special toy, book or to have an outing with you. Let the kids enjoy your relationship too!
- Go to a local coffee shop together and talk about all the ways in which each of you feel blessed these days, as well as your hopes and dreams for the future.
- Find a cookbook, pick out a delicious looking meal or dessert, and make it together. Include the kids too if you want.
- Play board games, cards or do a crossword puzzle together. Turn off the tv and be with each other!
- Go to a community play, sporting event, fundraiser or a school concert. Get out and you will have more to talk about.
- On a Saturday morning, make breakfast together, take it back to bed and eat and then snuggle together.
- If you have a wood burning fireplace, set out a blanket, play music, make a fire, and make popcorn or S’mores in the fireplace.
- Read a book out loud to one another. Any kind of book works. However if you don’t want to talk about business don’t read a business book. Get my point? I recommend the 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Take a blanket outside somewhere (or even on the roof) and stargaze with your sweetie. A thermos of hot cocoa or decaf coffee is a bonus.
- Make a date and both of you create a dream board for your relationship together. It helps to see what the other person’s likes and dislikes might be. Also helps to support them with their ideal relationship!
- Put your favorite hot beverage into a ‘to-go’ cup, bundle up, and go on a walk together at a nearby park.
- Feed the kids early and rent a movie for them to watch. While they are watching movie have a candle lit dinner for two and then invite the kids back for dessert. Or give the kids their own dessert and you both have dessert when they go to bed ;o)
- Set up a tent in the back yard and camp out for the evening. Lay out and star gaze and enjoy each other’s company.
- Set a date in the middle of the day while the kids are at school or napping. Enjoy sandwiches and cuddling.
- Invite another couple to join you for dinner and pick a restaurant that you have not been to and pretend as though you are Secret Shoppers. Ask a lot of questions of the host and servers. Creates a lot of laughs.
- Trade off with other couples for babysitting and date nights. Saves money and more than one relationship get’s to enjoy the benefits!
- Invite another couple or two to a “pot luck” in your home and discover more about your friends in the process.
- Bring your minds together and discover an inexpensive date together.
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