Time Away From Your Children Makes You A Better Parent
Going on regular dates important for your marriage but it is beneficial to your children as well. When you come back home from your date, relaxed and refreshed you end up being better parents for your children. Date nights also allow you to reconnect with your spouse and it gives you the opportunity to be able to talk about adult things. It also gives you a break from being a parent and allows you to enjoy each other’s company without any distractions.
Date Nights Should be Fun And Exciting
It is important that you make sure that your date nights don’t end up feeling like a business meeting or just another thing on the calendar to do; instead, you should plan fun things for you and your spouse to go out and do that you both enjoy. Going out and having fun is very important but remember that it also allows you to reconnect with your spouse. Date nights should be planned in advance so that you and your spouse aren’t scrambling at the last minute trying to figure out what to do. Also, date nights don’t have to be expensive but you want to mix up your date night ideas with a variety of things so that date night doesn’t become a thing of the past or become boring to either of you.
Do you go on frequent date nights with your spouse?
Need a babysitter? I got you covered, try Sitter City for your next part time babysitter.
Comments
26 responses to “Why Is It Important For Married Couples to Plan Dates Nights Together?”
I agree that date night is important to rekindle the spark in the marriage. I too try to arrange for date nights or lunches if there is the chance 🙂
We meet for lunch sometimes too.
This post made me miss my husband even more! If he were here (he’s working overseas), we’d prolly go on dates often. 🙂
Awe, I hope you have had a date night since you left this comment.
Date night is so important and so needed to keep things fresh. Kids are a blessing in every way; however, they need their parents’ attention, energy and time in every way. I can relate to Rebel Sweetheart being a military spouse; there are a lot of trips and time apart as well as moving around leaving the family with no support system – limited in date night, as we are not into the whole babysitter thing.
Yes, I totally can related to being a military wife and not having family around. It is a tough situation but you can make it work so that you two can get some time away. Try kid swapping with a close friend.
My wife and I are very intentional about planning date nights. At my last job, I had alternating Fridays off, so that was our bi-weekly date day. Now that I’m in my new job, time is more precious, so we’re doubly intentional about having time for “us”. Sometimes it’s as simple as a walk around the neighborhood, other times it’s lunch on a Saturday or a Friday night out.
Connecting with your spouse this way is one way to build a healthy marriage.
That is awesome Christian thank you so much for sharing.
I strongly believe in ‘couples date nite’ if you don’t keep it interesting, someone else will!!
Sadly this is true in today’s society Maria. 🙁
I keep on telling my husband this but we fail to set date nights (weekly or monthly) because we’re either so tired from work and caring for our son or we have no budget! Alternatively though, we just watch movies at home or spontaneously have a dinner date (as a family more often than not) when we can.
I hope after reading this post that you have had a chance to go on a date night. If not, show him this post with all of the comments.
Totally agree with you. The relationship can be lost in the everyday busyness of life – most important to keep it well and alive. Great post!
Yes I agree Norma.
I need to get the husband first….in fact, the boyfriend first, but good advice 🙂
Good luck dating Veronica. 🙂
AWESOME POST. I totally agree, dates nights are DEF NEEDED!!!!
Thank you Tiffany. 🙂
I love to spend time with my husband, too. It is fun to go to dinner with him. Last time we went to this place where you can throw your peanut shells on the floor and I embarrassed him by having fun with that! hahahaa
Fun Laurie! I love going to eat with my husband and finding fun things to do.
Connecting with your lover is so important!
Yvonne Brown
I couldn’t agree more Yvonne, thank you for sharing.
Date nights do so much for a relationship. It’s also important because it helps remind you, his wife, that you are appreciated and loved, which is something we women need every once in a while. And our husbands as well.
Yes, you have to nurture the relationship. I love date nights because it is a reminder on why we fell in love in the first place.
This reminds me that my hubby and I seriously need a date night! We have two young kids and are selling our house so there’s a lot on our plate–we look forward to it all settling down, pawning the kids off to my in-laws and getting away for a few days!
I hope that you were able to get away for a date night. 🙂