10 Days To A Better Marriage: 28 At Home Date Ideas

Date night is awesome, and I don’t say that mildly.

The kids go to grandma’s and you’re home-free for the night.  No responsibilities, no one calling you, no kids hollering your name.  If you have kids, you get it.

With Valentine’s Day approaching (hello, it’s tomorrow in 2 days!  If you haven’t gotten a gift yet, check out these ideas for gals, and these for guys) there is SO much pressure to make a dinner reservation, arrange for flower deliver, purchase the perfect card and gift, and generally make the night the date night of the year.

Which is crazy hard to do when the restaurant is crammed with 100’s of other couples trying to do the exact same thing.

Also, how many of those couples are going to get engaged on Valentine’s Day.

Probably a lot, which will completely overshadow your night.

So my challenge to you, today, is to do an at home date night.

You know why at home dates are the best?

They’re cheap.

The food is awesome.

No one interrupts you.

You don’t have to wear pants.

If you haven’t yet embraced the at-home date night for fear it will be cheesy, or you’re looking into it because you’re trying to hit some ambitious financial goals, then today’s challenge is for you.

I’ve collected some awesome ideas for at home date nights in honor of Valentine’s Day and Day 3 of our 10 Days To A Better Marriage Challenge, so you can do an at home date soon, reconnect with your spouse, and save money all at the same time!

1. Have a fondue night.
2. Watch sports together
3. Watch a retro TV show – binge watch it for bonus points!
4. Play a board game
5. Sharpie mugs together
6. Play video games together
7. Play Strip (enter your board game here)
8. Hit up Bingo night
9. Play Cards Against Humanity
10. Or Dutch Blitz
11. Or Uno
12. Or Poker
13. Create a Pinterest dream board together
14. Have a nerf war
15. Play fantasy football together
16. Do face masks togethe
17. Learn something new from YouTube
18. Give each other massages
19. Revisit your bucket list together
20. Redo an old dresser together
21. Create your own signature cocktails
22. Make s’more over the stove
23. Put a fire in the ring in your backyard
24. Fly a kite
25. Play truth or dare
26. Attempt origami together
27. Learn a new skill together
28. Take the dog for a walk

We all have to be creative with our dating life.  Like it or not, keeping the sparks alive in marriage is hard, especially around Valentine’s Day when the stakes are high.

The hubs and I make it a priority to spend one evening a week together: whether we hang out after the kiddo goes to bed, or we enlist the help of grandma to take her off our hands, date nights (even informal ones) are SO important.

And, if you didn’t like any of these ideas, here are 101 more that you can check out!

What is your favorite at home date?  Share your ideas in the comments!

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