Date nights in Marriage

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Plan a Year of Date Nights in One Sunday Afternoon

Date night usually dies in the driveway at 7:40 on a Friday. Fix it once, in one sitting, and you'll get two dozen evenings back.

Long marriages don't fade for lack of time. They fade when every dinner out turns into a staff meeting. Fix that first.

The sitter is the expense, not the date. Swap the childcare, guard the night, and stop calling a grocery run quality time.

Plan a cook for eight people

Small kids eat every hour you don't defend. A practical plan for protecting the marriage underneath them, starting tonight.

One room keeps you seated in the dark for two hours. The other keeps you standing on concrete with a glass in your hand. Dress for the right one.

Poll

Under $100 of gear, a $15 Tuesday lesson, and about three weeks of being bad at it before something clicks.

Thirteen films that hold up for both of you, with the content concerns named up front and a system for picking one before 9 p.m.

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