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What to do on a date!

Want to know a secret about relationships?

Couples who have happy, healthy relationships know how to date each other well and do it regularly

 

Going on dates (successfully) is not just a nice-to-have but an essential ingredient in creating and maintaining connection, harmony, love and trust, and ensuring that your relationship gets the attention it deserves.

Relationships are like a garden - they need sustenance and loving care. Without it, relationships die just a little more each day until one day, you wake up and find yourself living like flatmates at best, or experiencing the pain and suffering that comes with living with less than you fully deserve - or worse, a horrible breakup.

Going on dates is part of keeping your relationship watered, fed and alive.

 

I often find that couples don't actually know how to date, and have a lot of resistance to adding this in.

'But going on dates is boring!'

'It's too expensive'

'I'm/We're too busy'

'There's no one to look after the kids!'

'We'd have nothing to talk about'

'Whenever we get together we end up arguing'

 

Sound familiar?

Whilst all of the above blocks to dating seem very real, the truth is, that if you make it a non-negotiable, you'll find a way. I know you can be creative!

 

The good news is that dating doesn't have to be boring, expensive, require your children to have grown up and moved out of home, nor to have loads of time.

There are some important 'golden tips' to having successful dates.

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Things to consider

01

Commit to having them - I mean REALLY.  Make it a priority and don't let anything get in the way.

02

Find types of dates that work for both of you.  This might mean that you take turns to do something that you each love to do.

03

Leave all devices at home or in your bag/pocket and commit to not looking at your phone at all during the date so you can focus on each other (unless you are hiking in nature - safety first!)

04

Vary your dates so that boredom doesn't kick in.  A date doesn't have to be only going out for dinner and/or a drink!

05

Agree on topics to avoid.  A date is not the time to discuss the kids issues, or try and work out your problems.  It is a time to just hang out, connect with each other, have fun/relaxing and/or do something together.

06

Enrol others to support you - ask friends to look after your kids, and offer to look after theirs so they can date too

07

Book the dates ahead of time in your diary so that you both know when they are.  You can decide what to do closer to the time if you wish, but make sure the dates are set each month at least (better if they are weekly) 

08

Dates don't have to last for hours.  Sometimes a date can be 10 minutes of being totally present with each other

Download 120 Great Dates:

Get my 120 Date Ideas below, then follow the steps above, choose a date on your calendar, pick a date idea, and start bringing more love, connection, intimacy, fun and joy into your relationship!  

 

(and if you don't have a partner, take yourself on dates - it's fun and you can be getting yourself ready for the relationship that's coming!)

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