A MOMENT TO PONDER

Things that make you go hmmmm???? by Tina Marie
Date Night ???

June 18 , 2008

How did you spend time together when you fell in love? How often did you go out when you were dating? It's time to start dating again....dating your spouse. Date night can work magic for your marriage.
There are some that say you need to get out of the house; no movies or entertainment that require you to face in the same direction; don't invite anyone else or attend a social function and schedule at least a couple of hours.
That's all cool. However, my husband and I love to cook. So our date night is sharing the prepping, cooking, serving, lots of wonderful conversation and a bottle of wine on the deck. Just the two of us, no TV, friends or family. It's perfect. Our gift to each other is the gift of time and undivided attention.
How do you spend date night? There are no right or wrong answers. It is simply who we are, embracing the freedoms of our individuality. Here’s to us as individuals! May we trust in ourselves, grow from our experiences and become wiser and kinder each day.

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My good friend and I did just that last night, but at the time I didn't look at it as a date. Now that I look back, cooking in the kitchen with him and then sitting at the table talking and eating was very intimate to me. Then we went and sat on the porch and had a beer together, looking at the stars (what little stars you can see in the Seattle area.) And to think I was always bitchen about not being taken out to dinner or to the movies enough. Wow, you don't have to spend money to go on a date!!