An important part of marriage is continuing to date your spouse. This may mean something different for every couple though. The important part thing is that you don’t stop dating once married. According to the professionals when you stop dating your spouse things start to fall apart.
Once married how you date your spouse may or may not change. For us, it has not changed. We never went on many “traditional” dates. Where you got dressed up and go out to dinner. Our dates were mostly just doing every day things together. Going to the gym, watching tv, cooking, going on road trips. Things like that. Since getting married we’ve continued our adventure dates. These have to be our favorite types of dates.
Through dating my spouse and watching my friends date their spouses, I have picked up a few tips on how to continue to date your spouse once married.
Recreate Your Favorite Date
Before we got married, our absolute favorite date was when we took a trip to Damascus, Virginia. We rode part of the Virginia Creeper Trail. We also went Grayson Highlands State Park to hike and see the wild ponies. This date was perfect for us. Justin loves being outdoors. I love animals. This trip allowed both of us to experience things we both love.
For our first anniversary we decided to do a condensed version of that same trip. We went back to Damascus, stayed in a tiny house, explored downtown, and saw our favorite ponies yet again. We didn’t have as much time as we did on our first trip so we weren’t able to ride the Virginia Creeper Trail again. But it was still an amazing trip that reminded us of the beginning of our relationship.
Do Something New
A common theme in our relationship is discovering new things together. This is not only something that we enjoy but also something our friends like to do with their spouses too. It is a great way for us to not only connect with each other but also with our friends as well.
Discovering something new could mean discovering a new restaurant, attraction, or hobby. The great thing about discovering new things together is that it doesn’t matter if it turns our good or bad. Making memories together is the whole point of discovering things together. There have been times were our adventures have gone completely awry. These are still great memories because we experienced it together.
Spend Time Together
Dating your spouse doesn’t have to mean going out. It can be something as simple as just being together while watching tv. It could even be cleaning the house or cooking together. You don’t always have to go out or spend money. Sometimes just being near each other is all you need in order to feel connected to your spouse.
For us this is a huge part of our “dating”. If we are near each other, we want to stay near each other. When home together we also try to go everything together. We watch tv together. We work on the blog or other projects together. Outside of work there is hardly a moment that we don’t try and spend together. This may not work for everyone but the more time we spend together, the better we do.
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