April 7, 2026

Below is something I wrote a few years back when sharing with couples with young children. (I obviously liked using emojis.)

More and more I hear that once a person marries, they stop dating. This really makes me sad to hear. I am thinking that when we were first married, we were introduced to Weekend to Remember and learned a lot of good stuff to implement and really helps….

• Dating keeps the 🔥 alive! 😉

• Weekly date nights are a must! 

• Dating doesn’t have to cost a lot…in fact, it can be free:
  
• Years ago, trading babysitting to go walk, workout, sit at lake with a chai/coffee or grocery shopping and just sitting in car talking together!                   
   talking + together are both  key

• Remembering birthdays and/or anniversaries by spending a 24 hour period together once a year is important. Step away from the phone….unless your taking pics of the two of you. 😉Again, it doesn’t have to cost a lot, if anything.

One year my husband and I celebrated our anniversary, starting with a pizza joint tour of the area, sampling many pizzas, and ending with making a lot of pizza dough! 

We were so full we skipped dinner and went to see Downtown Abby instead (we paid full movie theatre prices) but FYI most theatres have $5 Tuesdays so a great date night for $10 👍🏻

Since he planned the pizza tour, I planned our morning so we went to workout together – hubby got out of his comfort zone with Barre…again 😜 

Then to a little lunch and grocery shopping! It was perfect!

And an FYI for another great inexpensive date that we are famous or infamous for (if you’re the waiter or waitress 😜) is going to Bonefish Grill and sharing an order of Bang Bang Shrimp ($7), bread (free), and water (free). Love those dates!!

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