Date nights are important for healthy relationships. If you’ve been saying or hearing excuses that prevent you from having a date night, it’s time to stop – – no more date night excuses.
Spending time together helps us to remember what we have in each other. We can learn to appreciate our partner again.
Date nights help us to feel like a couple again. They help us reconnect so that we can work together as friends and partners in life.
Date Night Excuse #1 “It Costs Too Much Money”
If you’ve been putting off a date night due to lack of funds, think again. Dates don’t have to cost anything. You can walk around a park or trail. Take it a step further and hike in the woods. You could pack a picnic from your kitchen and eat in a park, or in your own backyard.
For less than $15 you can grab coffee and talk at a coffee shop or take it to go and peruse your favorite stores. You can stream a new release movie for less than $6 and watch from home.
There are options that don’t involve money at all, or very little money. Don’t let budgets or overspending in other areas stop you from having date nights.
If you have little kids and can’t afford childcare, then stay in. Put the kids to be together and then eat dinner or watch a planned movie together. Sit, talk, and enjoy each other’s company from your own living room without the distraction of work, phones, or kids.
Couples who spend a few hours a week together aren’t just happier together, they are also happier with themselves, as well.
Excuse #2 “I’m Too Tired After a Long Week”
Whether you’re too tired to plan or execute, it’s not a valid excuse. Yep you’re tired. But ditching your relationship isn’t the area you want to save on energy.
You don’t have to spend weeks researching and planning a date. What do you like to do? It doesn’t have to be wild and crazy. Go out to dinner or a movie. Order a pizza and watch Netflix at home. The important part is being together doing something you enjoy, together. If you can’t find a movie you both enjoy, then talk over coffee or wine at home.
Are you truly too tired after work? Then head out on Saturday morning or afternoon. If you both exercise, spend Saturday morning working out together. Or go out for breakfast. You have options.
Your relationship matters. You need to put some work into it to keep it alive and healthy.
If you’re making excuses in order to avoid alone time with your partner, couples counseling can help.
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Your relationship takes tending. It takes work to keep a relationship healthy. Carve out time for you and your partner. Your relationship, and your overall well-being, will thank you.
If you have been feeling disconnected from your partner or have been experiencing conflict in your relationship, please call us at (724) 503-6670 or email us at admin@inthenowcounseling.org. You can also get to know us better here.
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