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Date
Night for Parents
Do you miss the days when you and your spouse
were dating? The days when you could decide at the spur-of-the-moment
to spend Friday night enjoying dinner and a movie? Well, what’s
stopping you?
“Children,” you grumble. Going out for a
date now entails planning a week in advance, so that you can find a
babysitter and figure out how long you’ll need her to stay. Throw in
her roughly ten dollars an hour fee on top of that twelve dollar per
person flick and twenty-five buck a plate meal, and you have a
daunting financial issue. As a result, more and more parents are
choosing to just stay home and save the money and effort. There’s
nothing wrong with this decision…so long as you still have your date
night!
Forget the extended planning, hunting down and
retaining the sitter, and concentrate on arranging an evening of
togetherness. After all, isn’t that the whole point? But don’t
forget to make this night special, different from every other night of
the week.
Here are a few tips on how to accomplish this:
- A
bottle of wine. Take a trip to the liquor store and pick out
something special. If you don’t know wine from grape juice, just
ask the proprietor. He is usually quite knowledgeable about which
wine is good and will suit your particular tastes.
- Specialty
Foods. Have a light dinner with the kids, but save your
appetite for after they go to bed. Then take out the Brie and
water crackers, perhaps a little jar caviar, or a couple of shrimp
cocktails. How about a couple of rich chocolate truffles for
dessert? Whatever you choose, make sure it is extraordinary. These
delicacies may cost more, but they’ll still be cheaper than what
you were going to pay that sitter!
- A good
movie. This is why there are videos and DVDs. Rent something
sappy and romantic, or a laugh riot to blow off a week’s worth
of steam. Maybe a good horror flick, to encourage ‘protective’
snuggling? Perhaps something a little racier from that back room
of the rental store? It is all up to you tonight, and you aren’t
at the whim of theater offerings or their start times.
- Music.
Either after or instead of the movie, pop in your favorite CD,
push the coffee table aside, and do a little dirty dancing.
There’s nothing like a spin around the floor to warm the blood -
even when that floor is covered with wall-to-wall carpeting!
- Talk,
talk, talk. Have a real conversation! Instead of discussions
about the kiddies and school, take this time to chat about
grown-up topics. Discuss books, gossip about friends, commiserate
about work, or just cuddle up and talk about your old college
days. It is amazing how much even long-married spouses can still
learn about each other when they get the chance.
- Make
out. If you are confident that no little people will invade
your space, try necking on the sofa like you were still a couple
of teens. Too often, parents rush right into intercourse whenever
they get the chance. Take the time to enjoy the kissing and
caressing, without the pressure of calling it foreplay. Just
snuggle and nibble, and if anything else should follow…well,
hey, that’s the privilege of not actually being teenagers
any more! (We have
plenty of romantic
products to help you get in the mood!!)
Remember,
this is your night - include whatever you want! The important thing is
not to give up dating because of time and budget constraints. When you
can’t get out of the house for romance, simply bring the romance
home to you.
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