Let me start out by asking you a very serious question:
When was the last time you and your spouse planned a date night?
If you have not been on a date night in months, then say no more. Your answer tells me that you may not be aware of the importance of having a date night. So let me explain why date night is crucial to your marriage.
Date night is not just about going out to eat or going to a movie. It’s about connecting on a more intimate level with your spouse. It’s about spending quality time with the person you love and cherish. It’s about reconnecting and taking the time to not only spend together, but to also nurture your marriage.
Date night gives you the opportunity to make it a point to say the heartfelt “I love you’s” that you may not have the time to say daily. It’s likely that you say a quick “I love you” and that is certainly important. But having a date night gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your love in a way more than words.
It is so important that you realize the importance of taking time out for some time alone together.
Date night helps you as a couple to reconnect, to share experiences openly with one another. The strengthening of the marital bond depends on moments that date nights provides. It helps you both to continue to have fun together and it helps keep you both enthusiastic and encouraged and in love so you’re looking forward to the future of your marriage. It solidifies that you both have a willingness and even an eagerness, looking forward to your future together as husband and wife.
Date night is a night to make memories, a night to explore new things together, and overall to just have fun. It helps to grow a stronger bond. Another benefit is your communication can get better and better over time.
I highly recommend date night to couples at least once a week.
I also recommend taking the time to plan it either together or take turns planning date night. Just remember that date night should not be planned by the same person over and over again. It takes both parties contributing when it comes to date night. I hope this blog helps you to realize the importance of date night.
I hope this article blesses you.
God bless you, Dr. Donna M Marshall