It's Friday -- Date Night
Nine SIMPLE Romantic Gestures
Believe me. I know the feeling. It's Friday night and your partner whispers something in your ear.
Your immediate reaction? YOU WANT TO DO WHAT!!!
Parenting a challenging child (or two or three) or feeling challenged in your parenting is exhausting enough without adding the feeling of failure as a partner or spouse.
Perhaps tonight is not the night to cuddle in front of the fire with a glass of champagne and nothing on but the radio.
Then again it is possible to try one of these everyday romantic gestures:
1. Hold hands.
2. Text him. Write something loving or sexy even when the two of your are in the same room. It's your little secret. The kids playing in the middle of the messy living room need never know.
3. Make a list of all the reasons you love him.
4. Brag about him to a friend.
5. Say it with a post it note. I leave these in the most unusual places. Sometimes I don't even remember where I put them.
6. Bring out the wedding album. Share it with the kids. Even if they grow bored, the two of you can reminisce.
7. Buy him a gift for no reason.
8. Schedule a lunch date. Cheaper and you are both awake enough to hold a conversation.
9. Send him a picture. With a cell phones and the camera apps, there's no reason you can't take a snap shot during the day of something funny or beautiful. The last time I sent my husband a photo from my phone it was one of our son washing the car. Definitely an event to document!
Whatever you do tonight or this weekend, try just once to tell your partner, spouse, or close friend that you really care, then get back to doing the dishes, the files you brought home from work, massaging your sore feet, helping the kids get ready for bed...
