Dating After Marriage

“Love is like a flower, and like the body, it needs constant feeding. Love cannot be expected to last forever unless it is continually fed with portions of love, the manifestations of esteem and admiration, the expressions of gratitude, and the consideration of selfishness.” - Spencer W. Kimball

Keeping Romance in the marriage...

If you are feeling love, SAY IT!

Leave Love notes, nothing long, can still be completely cheesy, just a reminder.

Gifts, again, nothing fancy, unless you can afford it, just something to let them know you were thinking of them, can even be funny.

Time together! With out interuptions...

“Surely the same qualities and traits in you that first attracted [each other] are just as important in married life in keeping alive the flame of affection and romantic desire.” - Harold B. Lee

“Many couples permit their marriages to become stale and their love to grow cold like old bread, worn out jokes or cold gravy. Re-evaluate, renew your courting, express your affection, acknowledge kindness, increase consideration so your marriage can again become beautiful, sweet and growing.

Have date nights, try something new every once in a while.

Go out together and enjoy some of the same things you used to share.

Take mini-honey moons once in a while.

Take walk-and-talks

Work on a project together

Make Family T-Shirts

Make greeting cards

Plan FHE, create a chart

Make Scones

Play one on one games

Have a pillow fight, a water fight, or something similar



Have an indoor pick-nick with a basket, finger foods, flowers, candlelight

Have a night of music and massage

Go on a nature walk

Go on a scenic bike ride

Play Tennis

Go to a museum

Go Bowling

Take a scenic drive, no radio, just conversation!

Depending on where you live there may be a drive-in movie theater or a "Dollar" theater that may be cheaper than the regular theaters. Sometime you may have to wait a little longer to see a movie, but that's half the fun is the anticipation right? Also the drive-in can be a very nostalgic experience if you'd like to imagine your in another era....

Go Window shopping at the mall, Make a phony or real wish-list for the next gifting season: birthdays, father's/mother's day, Christmas, etc.

Make home made kites then go fly them

Go to the mall for ice cream, smoothies or some other treat and watch all the different people go buy, try to imagine what their lives may be like, just be careful not to point while laughing.

Go canoeing, or kayaking
Go horseback riding

Go see a play

Go Roller skating/ice skating

Go to the park, with a blanket/pick-nick, and a good book to read aloud to each other.

Go dancing

Play Pool in a billiards hall

Play air hockey

Plan a group date with another couple and play card &/or board games and eat snacks

Play dress up then go out to dinner in costume

Bake some cookies and give some away

Have an overnight camp out, in your own back yard or inside, do some star gazing

Go to the temple

Make smores in the back yard and invite neighbors &/or friends

Go out to share a cheap dessert and talk about memories together

Go to a local travel agency and plan a vacation (can be a small trip)