Comments on: Date Night is NOT Optional http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/ Official Weblog of Author and Intimacy Educator Laura M. Brotherson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: JL http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-142 JL Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:36:58 +0000 http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-142 We have been married for over 25 years and have gone on weekly dates for most of that time. We have had fun going to basketball games, football games, plays, movies, bowling, etc. Dates are a real strength to our marriage. We have been married for over 25 years and have gone on weekly dates for most of that time. We have had fun going to basketball games, football games, plays, movies, bowling, etc. Dates are a real strength to our marriage.

]]> By: Laura M. Brotherson http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-124 Laura M. Brotherson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:50:53 +0000 http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-124 <p><img src="http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/wp-content/themes/wp-multiflex-3-10/images/Laura125.jpg" border="0" height="164px" width="125px"/></p> <p>JJ,</p> <p>Maybe I need to offer to start paying you guys for babysitting expenses as an incentive for date night! :)</p> <p>Laura</p>

JJ,

Maybe I need to offer to start paying you guys for babysitting expenses as an incentive for date night! :)

Laura

]]> By: JJ http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-86 JJ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:06:14 +0000 http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/intimacy/date-night-is-not-optional/#comment-86 Regarding three things for strong/happy marriages: 1) Weekly date night 2) Nightly couple prayers 3) Regular lovemaking Yes, those are all great. I guess one out of three aint too bad! And of course that gives us something to work on.... For us, more than the money, the struggle to have date night is more a lack of time and energy. But I think this goes back to priorities- if we are committed to a thriving, growing marriage, we will take the time and make the effort to have a regular date night. The other challenge for us is overcoming the inertia of 15+ years of not having regular dates. It is hard to establish or re-establish that which has not been done with any regularity for so long. So, for any newlyweds that might be reading, don't stop dating! (your spouse, of course) Regarding three things for strong/happy marriages:
1) Weekly date night
2) Nightly couple prayers
3) Regular lovemaking

Yes, those are all great. I guess one out of three aint too bad! And of course that gives us something to work on….

For us, more than the money, the struggle to have date night is more a lack of time and energy. But I think this goes back to priorities- if we are committed to a thriving, growing marriage, we will take the time and make the effort to have a regular date night.

The other challenge for us is overcoming the inertia of 15+ years of not having regular dates. It is hard to establish or re-establish that which has not been done with any regularity for so long. So, for any newlyweds that might be reading, don’t stop dating! (your spouse, of course)

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