Date Ideas For Couples

Date Ideas For Couples! If you know us, you know we are very passionate about keeping a weekly date night going. And will always encourage other couples to do the same.

It has helped our relationship thrive and pulled us through some of the harder times we faced in our lives. So this is all about some of our best date ideas!

Now let’s take a step back in time…

Your first date was amazing, during dating you called each other, texted, couldn’t get enough of being with each other, and oh how you looked forward to every single date night.

And then, you got married…

Date, Date, Date, Stop! We got married!

Often after a couple gets married, they slow down on dating each other. They may have children together and sometimes one or the other spouse will be so immersed in the sweetness and happiness of their children, they forget to look up and remember their first love.

We have even had couples tell us, well we are married now, we don’t need to date anymore!

Oh, how untrue this is!

What You Invest Your Time In, Is Where You Will Grow

You will do well at what you invest time in. If you have children and you invest time and love into them you will see beautiful fruit from that. If you have a hobby and you invest time in learning how to do that specific thing, you will start to get better at it. If you have a friend and you invest in that relationship, you will grow closer to them.

What you value as important goes a long way, and you can value many things at the same time in your life.

So, let’s assume you have kids!

Dealing With Young Children While Still Not Missing Date Night

If you have young children you may have to choose where your time goes and be very picky, but it should never be your spouse that goes on that back burner. You both may have to work together to create a happy healthy home and environment for your children before you can have a date, but I promise you it is possible.

Seasons

We have found that with six children, there are DEFINITELY seasons. The newborn stage was always tricky because for months we were not alone. We had a sweet little product of our love attached to us everywhere we went. And quite frankly, for the first 4 weeks of their lives, we pretty much had a date night every night because we were hanging low at home spending time putting said “product of our love” to sleep and hopefully before midnight haha!

Don’t Let Season Dictate Whether Or Not You Do Date Night But Rather How Or When

Let me explain this… Because I trust SO few people to babysit or watch my children, we came up with home date night ideas.

I told my husband the other day when we happened to go for a restaurant date, that one of my absolute favorite places and memories of dating him in those early years, was right in our living room.

It was SO much fun!

You may have to change up the way or even the time or day of the week that you do a date night, but protect whatever time you two agree to as if it is the most important appointment of your week because when it comes to your marriage it is!

You are replaceable in all other areas of life however, you are not replaceable in your own home.

For MANY date nights, we would put the kids to bed early and then grab a cauliflower frozen pizza, do some wine tasting, and maybe play board games.

A lot of the time though, we would just watch an old classic movie… It was just a great way to unwind, and not feel the pressure of getting a babysitter.

And because we watch so few movies in our house, it made it that much more special. We loved that we could go to bed right after we were done and this was just a good way to date through that season of all littles.

Your Children Will Thrive More If Your Relationship Is Strong

We have trained our kids over the years to help us protect our date night.

Every date night we feed the kids dinner one hour early and they go to one of their rooms and play board games, read books, or do any other activity this gives them the space to play quietly without interrupting our date. If they are too little we put them to bed at their regular time.

It is like clockwork now, whether we are home or run up the road for a date meal, our date night is just part of the family routine.

Now, that we covered the importance of doing date night, I am gonna share a few ideas! Both home date ideas and date ideas outside the home!

Before you read it! Just know you may be in the season of just home dates and that is all! That is absolutely okay, most of our dates are still the home version. Doing a date is SO much more about making sure you have quality time together than doing the perfect activity.

So without further ado, these are 30 dating ideas that we have come up with.

Here are romantic date ideas that we will do at home if we are feeling like making it more of a special occasion and our kids LOVE it! Instead of paying for a restaurant, pay your kids to make you a fancy meal at home. Get dressed up and enjoy an in-home romantic date. This is a fun way for kids who are trying to make a little extra money and they have such a good time doing it too!
A dance party is always a good idea, even if you are a terrible dancer it just brings a lot of fun to the night. Just turn on your favorite songs and enjoy!
Movie nights, pizza and wine, or whatever it is you drink on the couch. Simple but wonderful.
Game night, have some games you both love that you can play for date night. Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition?
Take a bike ride
Go get ice cream and eat it at a local park
Visit an amusement park, love a good thrill? Roller coasters just may be your jam
Botanical garden walks are always beautiful
Hang out at a flea market
Go sit at a fun coffee shop
Learn a new skill together, or at least talk about a new skill you want to learn.
Visit an Antique store, those are always fun
Depending on when you choose to have your date, the farmers market can be pretty fun.
Dance class lessons some dance teachers offer DVD lessons or online lessons, you can just learn in your family room!
Go on a hike through a beautiful trail
Go to a concert your both love and get yourself some live music!
Cooking class, if that is your thing. You can even do a baking contest at home
Canoe a river together
Visit a water park
Go ice skating
Hit up the rollerblading rink
Go see what interesting things you can find at your local thrift store
Do some form of art you both enjoy together
Choose something that the other person has always wanted to do together that may be a little out of your comfort zone and go for it!
Road trip, especially if it is your anniversary. It can be close to home, in a tent, a hotel, or an Airbnb just try to get at least two full days away. You can even have your kids sleep over at your parent’s or a trusted friend’s and have a weekend at home to keep it more budget-friendly.
Outdoor concerts, those are always fun if they are good!
Create your own list of fun date ideas. Let’s be honest, reading someone else’s date ideas is a great place to start, but make a list that is catered to you as a couple.
Go on a double date with some friends, we like to do this via ZOOM as well. These are always super fun!
Look through old dating photos and remember why you first fell in love talk about it.
Have a picnic then talk under the stars

Keep Asking Questions

So, I am going to stop the list of ideas there, because each couple and their interest differ. It is really a great idea if you can sit with your spouse and write down all your interests, then go through the list and prioritize in order of what can fit in whatever season of life you are in.

Something we cannot recommend enough is this… Keep asking your spouse questions. At least once a month we do what we call “5 Questions.” We each take turns to ask the other a question one at a time.

It can be relevant to something you are working on in your life currently, it can refer to a dream, or it can be anything really! You will learn a lot about your spouse doing this and you may be surprised how many new things you learn no matter how many years you have been married.

We all grow and change and have some of our ideas reshaped by circumstances so keep asking questions! <3

Hope this was helpful as continue to grow your relationship stronger each day!

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Only one life to offer,

Andrea