You've hit that 10 year mark in your marriage, and things are cruising along. But have you stopped dating your wife? Sure, she's a wife, she's a mom, but deep down she's that same lovely woman you fell hard for! Dating your wife may not be the same as dating in the beginning, so you need to step up your creativity. Here are 20 fun ideas on dating your wife! Even if you just pick one, your relationship will thank you!
20 Ideas
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Take up a new hobby with your wife; do something new that you’re both excited about. Check google for your local Paint and Sip shop for an easy night out.
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Do the classic date: dinner and a show. Take your wife to dinner somewhere you've never tried, and to a movie she wants to watch.
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Take a twelve-month honeymoon with your wife. Relive your honeymoon by scheduling a 24-hour getaway for every month of this year. Each month go somewhere new with your wife.
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Devote one hour each night for alone time with your wife. Talk about how your days went. Joke around with each other. Cultivate your friendship. Talk honestly about what’s going on in your lives. Help each other. Encourage each other. Here are some great conversation starters to get you going.
- Attend a wedding. Sit in the back row and spend the whole time whispering memories from your own wedding.
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Mark your wife’s birthday, your wedding anniversary, and Mother’s Day on your calendar every year and plan to make those days special.
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Write a love note to your wife. Tell her all over again what she means to you. Click here for our 200 Love Notes post.
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Spend an evening stargazing with your wife and talking about dreams you have for the future. Here is a list of the 15 best Stargazing Apps.
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Spend an evening learning to make cocktails together. Download one of these apps to get you inspired. Pick up the ingredients for several cocktails & some appetizers.
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Try cooking something new together. Cruise over to BuzzFeed and see what's trendy. We love these summer BBQ recipes - why not tackle a few?
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Visit your roots. Visit where your wife grew up and where you grew up. Learn more about each other’s backgrounds.
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Turn off the TV and surprise her with a Game Night. We have you covered on some great 2 player games here.
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Figure out your Your Love Languages, and plan something small every day that will appeal to hers.
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Surprise her with tickets to an event or a show. Check Goldstar for last minute discounted tickets to thousands of great events.
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Make a list of ten things your wife loves to do. Each new time you take your wife on a date, do one of those ten things as your date.
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Set a weekly date night. Each week rotate going out and staying in for your date night. You can order one of our DateBox Minis off of Amazon for an easy date night in.
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Cancel work for the day and go on a hike. Pack a picnic, or a love lock to make it special.
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Take dancing lessons with your wife.
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Cut something from your schedule and use that time to date your wife.
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Vacation with your wife without your kids, without your work, and without your cell phone and computer.
What are your secrets on great ways to date your wife? Share in the comments.
