Ten Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage
By David & Claudia Arp
- Follow our simple guide for each date. One caution: Don’t use date time to deal with problems.
Also, if you have children, leave them with the sitter and don’t utter their names
until your date is over!
- Stay positive! Hold hands. Cuddle. It’s hard to be negative when you’re holding hands.
Plan each date around something you enjoy doing. For us, if we really want to talk,
we have a “Walk and Talk” date and go to a park, or to our favorite coffee shop
for two cups of cappuccino.
- Be future focused. Even though you may discuss past issues, focus on the future. Ask yourself questions such as “What have we learned that can make a difference next week and next month?”
- Get started! Good marriages take time. We’ve found that the key to building a successful marriage is actually taking the time to work on the relationship. Perhaps, like us, you keep waiting to win a two-week cruise for two, or for the kids to grow up, of for twenty-four hours of uninterrupted time to be miraculously dropped into your lap, complete with coupons for a candlelit dinner for two and a night away at a posh hotel, We would all like gifts such as these, but in reality, most of us live in a perpetual time crunch. That’s why we designed these dates to be simple, practical, interactive, and fun.
Ten great dates will only make a difference if you experience them. Like most things worthwhile, growing an enriched marriage requires time. Good intentions aren’t enough. A written commitment can help you carry through with good intentions. You’ll be glad you took the time to encourage, build up, and appreciate one another. Remember, yesterday is past and tomorrow is in the future. Today is the only gift of time you’ve been given. That’s why it is called “the present”. So give each other the present of Ten Great Dates!
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