One of the things that works to keep
relationships alive is spending quality time with each other. In this day of
the information age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to carve out the
necessary time to nurture our relationships. What with long work hours, helping
kids with their homework, transporting them around to their extracurricular
activities, getting dinner, cleaning up and going through the bedtime routine,
what time is left?
Unless you orchestrate the time for your
relationship, other less important things will crowd in and take what precious
little time you do have. Pick a night that will be “date night” with your
partner and make a game out of being as creative as you can be. Try to see how many
things you can do without spending money.
To get you started, I’ve come up with some
suggestions to help you for the next year. What follows are 52 ideas for how to
spend creative time together without spending money. Feel free to add or modify
any of the items on the list to suit your particular relationship and
circumstances.
WINTER
1. Take a drive to look at the Christmas
decorations.
2. Play cards---perhaps strip poker.
3. Watch a movie together.
4. Go outside and have a snowball fight.
5. Get some finger paints and create your own
body art with each other as your canvass.
6. Go sleigh riding.
7. Go ice skating.
8. Work out or exercise together.
9. Stage your own improvisation show.
10. Sing to each other.
11. Review or create a photo album or
scrapbook of your memories together.
12. Play a board game---perhaps chess,
Scrabble or Twister.
13. Go to a book store, get coffee and read
for hours.
SPRING
14. Work on a remodeling project together.
15. Plan and complete a yard work project
together.
16. Do the spring cleaning together---room by
room. When done, reward yourself by making love in the room you’ve cleaned.
17. Put on old clothes and mud wrestle after
some drenching rain.
18. Give each other a massage.
19. Play catch---football, baseball, softball
or Frisbee.
20. Go to a car dealer and test drive the car
of your dreams.
21. Shoot basketball together.
22. Dance together.
23. Take a shower together and wash each
other---everywhere.
24. Take a free adult education class
together.
25. Go to a mall and have a contest to see
which one of you can get the most free samples.
26. Go rollerblading or bike riding.
SUMMER
27. Build a campfire and roast marshmallows.
28. Go swimming or skinny dipping.
29. Give each other a manicure or pedicure.
30. Go somewhere crowded to people watch.
31. Go to a free outdoor event, perhaps a
concert.
32. Lie on a blanket outside and watch the
clouds or stars.
33. Go on a picnic.
34. Watch a fireworks display.
35. Be creative and engage in sexual role
plays. Be anyone you’d like to be for the night who is also exciting for your
partner.
36. Sit by the water somewhere.
37. Do a prolonged strip tease for each
other.
38. Have a water balloon fight.
39. Sit outside and read poetry to each
other.
FALL
40. Go for a drive together.
41. Go window shopping.
42. Incorporate food into your love
making---chocolate syrup, whipped cream, fondue, strawberries---anything you
and your partner enjoy.
43. Call or write to someone you haven’t had
contact with in a while.
44. Cook something together.
45. Spend an evening just talking with each
other. Talk about the things you have done, plans you have for the future,
important people in your lives or current events.
46. Take a bubble bath together.
47. Go to a free movie or museum.
48. Take a drive and find the potential in
old houses and their properties.
49. Create an imaginary story
together---either orally or in written form.
50. Take turns being each other’s genie in a
bottle by fulfilling your partner’s every wish and fantasy.
51. Play in the fallen leaves.
52. Create an exciting scavenger hunt that
ends in your bed.
Now you have 52 suggestions for things to do
with your partner for every week of the year divided by season. Certainly you
don’t have to follow my suggestions. Feel free to add your own or to repeat
your favorites as often as you’d like.
The main point is not to see how kinky you
can get. The idea is to keep your relationship alive by making time together a
priority. It is important that you find things to do as a couple that you can
both enjoy. If you have vastly different interests then you can enter this with
the spirit of taking turns and each agree to happily participate in the
activity chosen by the one whose turn it is that week.
As long as you make a habit of making your
relationship a priority and allocating time each week for rejuvenation of the
feelings that attracted you in the first place, then you stand a good chance of
staying together for the long haul.
Please don’t let insidious boredom enter into
your relationship through the back door. This is what frequently happens when
we are busy placing other things ahead of our time for each other. You know
what I mean---the job, the kids, our friend in crisis, etc. There will always
be a competing interest for the time you’ve set aside for each other.
Other than natural disasters, threat of death
or major crises, do not allow your time together to be invaded by any outside
forces. Make sure to create opportunities for you to do things together without
outside influence. With more than 50% of today’s marriages ending in divorce,
make this small investment in the longevity of your relationship. You have
nothing to lose and everything to gain. What’s stopping you? Start today.
Hi. I’m Sana ur Rehman Designer of This Blog. I’m CEO/Founder of Pak Zest. I’m Creative Art Director, Web Designer, UI/UX Designer, Interaction Designer, Industrial Designer, Web Developer, Business Enthusiast, StartUp Enthusiast, Speaker, Writer and Photographer. Inspired to make things looks better.
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