It doesn’t matter what sort of couple you’re part of–no matter if it is a long term marriage, you have three kids or no kids, boyfriend and girlfriend or a gay relationship–you are probably both too preoccupied with your daily routine to make enough time for each other. We always have more things to do than we have available time. Has it always been this way, or is it a function of contemporary life?
One of the first things to get put off “until there is enough time” is intimate time with our significant others. We think we’ll suddenly find more time once this project at work is completed. Or we pray that we won’t be so busy once little Jimmy’s soccer season is over. We soon find ourselves wondering whether our relationship has grown stale. Maybe, we think, this happens to all couples after they have been paired for some period of time. Perhaps it does, but even that is no excuse. No person, no project at the office, no “honey do” list at your home should become more important to you than your other half is–at least not every time that a choice has to be made.
Here are a few tips for a perfect, non-traditional, special evening at your own home.
Set an evening to send the children and pets off to Grandma’s (or a neighbor’s house)
Unplug the TV
Choose some CDs that you both enjoy
Throw away (or hide) all phones, computers and any other digital devices that disrupt your life every day
Order a gourmet meal from an Internet store–one that requires almost no work on your part but stills tastes as if it’s from a four star restaurant
Buy a bottle of your favorite wine or, better yet, a stimulating mixture of crisp fruit juices
Hide your cars so nobody can tell you are home
Close all drapes
Switch off all of your lamps
Pretend you’re not home
Light mildly scented candles
Eat slowly
Take plenty of time to talk about each other
Listen attentively
Finish the meal with a small piece of creamy New York cheesecake and a glass of dessert wine or cup of freshly brewed tea
Worry about the diet tomorrow
Don’t do the dishes, at least not until morning
Blow out some candles
Don’t go to the bedroom
Try to think of any activity that relaxes you–in some stimulating way
Oh, yeah. Talk some more
Repeat next month. You will find that you are still too busy to suit you, but you won’t mind as much if you take some good, quality time for yourselves at home.
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