The longer you're in a relationship with someone, the more it can feel like you've done it all. As life gets busy, its easy to unintentionally take your partner for granted and neglect the quality time you relished early on. Dedicated date nights are a great way to ensure you are taking time for yourselves as a couple.

Plan and commit to it.

The most important thing about planning a date night? Commit to it. You have to prioritize this time and that means picking a day and time and sticking with it. This is much easier when you have your activities planned in advance. Buy tickets to a concert, play, movie, or even a museum ahead of time. Schedule a class or make a dinner reservation. Whatever you do, add it to your calendars, pin a note on the fridge, text each other reminders - whatever it takes to hold yourselves accountable.

Go beyond dinner at a restaurant.

Dining out is a classic and can be a wonderful break if your time is otherwise spent catering to kids and eating their leftovers. But a little bit of creativity will help you create something truly memorable and keep you excited for future date nights.

Share the responsibility.

Take turns planning your date nights. It's not a treat if one person is always on the hook for coordinating things for you to do. If you're really struggling with planning, try a subscription box service to give you new ideas every month.

10 Creative Ideas for Date Night

1. Plan a picnic. Pile up blankets and pillows in your living room or head to a local park. Lounge, snack, and ask each other things off the famous “36 Questions to Fall in Love” list. No matter how far along in your relationship you are, you’ll be amazed at how much closer to each other you’ll feel.
2. Take a class together. Photography, wine tasting, cooking, is there something you two have talked about wanting to try? Even if you have no interest in pottery or learning to paint, choose something you can do together. Remember, its really about spending time together.
3. Co-DJ a relationship playlist. Make a playlist of all the songs that mean something to you both and listen to it while you cook dinner together. Talk through the memories each song or band brings up.
4. Go for a walk. Explore your city or neighborhood together on foot. Go for a hike or just visit a local park.
5. Make a tiktok video together. Remento's “Happily Ever After” filter will have you laughing while “Questions for Couples” is a sweet walk down memory lane.
6. Book at-home massages and have a spa day. If relaxing at home is out of the question, buy day-passes at a local spa and enjoy lounging in pools and saunas together.
7. Organize your old photos together into a physical or digital scrapbook. Write down or record the stories and memories behind them.
8. Spice up a day of errands or "dinner and a movie" date night with a little luxury. Rent your dream car for the day and ride in style.
9. Create a scavenger hunt. Write clues and hide little treats all over your house. Bonus points if you theme it and connect it to a finale activity. For example, a trail of cinema-related clues leading to popcorn, candy, cozy slippers, and ending at the TV where you've set up for a movie night.
10. Create a new memento while reflecting on past memories with Remento. Choose from pre-written prompts for a Partner and reconnect through a guided conversation.

Whatever you do, dinner and a movie or tandem skydiving, we hope you carve out time to remind yourselves how much you love each other. Anniversaries and birthdays and Valentine's Day are important, but make sure you are building regular touch points into your schedule and connecting with each other all year long.

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