One of the ways, I think, that will make a good husband better is if you actively, and creatively date your wife. We get into routines in life that we need to break out of from time to time. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy dinner and a movie as much as the next guy, but if we step it up, we can really make our wives happy!
Date Thoughts and Ideas:
- Surprising your wife is a great idea. Schedule a date without her knowing where your going or what your doing. Her excitement will increase with each passing day! (just make sure its not lame, or it will be a big let down!)
- Be Creative! I am bad at this. Do things you haven't done before. This take a bit of planning, but it will be fun and will show your wife she means enough to you come up with a creative idea and do a bit of planning.
- Spontaneity is fun! Although spontaneity is more difficult with children, we should still try to incorporate this into our date-life with our wife. A couple of weeks ago I saw airfare prices to southern California that I almost could not pass up, the only catch? we had to leave the next day! While we didn't end up doing this, how happy would my wife have been if we had? (maybe I should have....)
- Dating with children is more difficult. While, I am lucky enough to be surrounded by free babysitters from both sides of our family, many are not. I recently came across a list of date ideas by The Romantic Vineyard blog called D.R.A.B - Doesn't Require A Babysitter. Take a look at their list here and I think you'll find many great ideas!
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Great .... I do need to figure this out. My wife and I are on the verge of separation and she argues that I haven't made any attempts at showing her that I want to pursue our marriage. So, I need some tips ... and I will be back to this site often....
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. Unfortunately, I don't think your situation is uncommon, I find that most of the time our wives just want to know we want them. This sounds easy enough, but it can be hard, my wife has needed to remind me many times that she needs this.
ReplyDeleteHey Eric! Thanks so much for the link up to our D.R.A.B. Date Ideas. This is the reason we started our blog - to help couples remember the importance of pursuing each other "for as long as we both shall live'. This sounds so easy, but it isn't when life comes at us from all sides. We love your blog and how you're encouraging husbands to take the lead!
ReplyDeleteBy the way - we've added your site to our Blogroll! Keep up the good work here!
ReplyDeleteTom and Debi Walter