How to Keep the Love Alive What You Can Do this Weekend
Part 1
Couples need couple time. Date night might sound cliche, but it’s like oxygen for a relationship. Any discussion about keeping love alive has to start and end with alone time. However, alone isn’t enough, because let’s face it, most of us actually get alone time, maybe not enough, but we get it. There is a distinct difference between the kind of alone time you spend together on the sofa watching TV and the kind of alone time you have together listening to great music and enjoying a dinner together focused on each other.
An afternoon drive.
A bubble bath together.
A quiet walk holding hands.
You can, in fact, have a candlelight dinner alone after the kids go to bed.
These things don’t have to cost money. They just have to be planned and be a priority. The most important ingredient is intention. It’s the intention to focus on each other and experience each other as a couple. Put together something that takes some effort because the payoff is huge. The energy you invest in your relationship sustains you, not just as a couple, but personally. Doing something special for that someone special is actually a selfish act.
Your mission for this weekend if you chose to accept it, is to plan some time where you experience each other as lovers, which may or may not actually making love. It doesn’t have to be a traditional date night. However, it needs to be specific and special. Remember investing in your relationship is a lot more enjoyable when you’re doing it to keep your relationship healthy than when you have to do it to get off the rocks. Spouses who quit being lovers become roommates.
I’d love for you to share your date night ideas in the comments below.
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Lisa Hayes, The Love Whisperer, is an LOA Relationship Coach. She helps clients leverage Law of Attraction to get the relationships they dream about and build the lives they want. Lisa is the author of the newly released hit book, Score Your Soulmate and How to Escape from Relationship Hell and The Passion Plan.
