Quality time with your Sweetie Without Spending a Fortune
1. Take a bath - I have no idea if you’re stinky or if you’re a dirty slob, but I’m talking about a romantic, candle-lit bathroom with the tub filled with fragrant and colorful flower petals. Get some fresh roses, tubaroses, gardenias or some of your favorite flowers and generously sprinkle the bath with them. Invite your honey into a luscious tub he/she cannot resist. Make sure the water is not too hot or too cold.
2. Watch a movie at home together - Rent a romantic comedy or romantic drama or even an erotic film (if you and your partner are up for that kind of thing).
3. Give each other a massage - grab some nice, natural massage oils and treat each other to a sensual massage. Now, where you massage is up to you, I’m just suggesting general ideas.
4. Take the day off work - If both of you can manage to take the same day off of work you can plan to spend a whole day and perhaps the night together (depending on your home life). This is especially great for parents to do while their kids are in school during the day. Plan a gourmet picnic and go to the beach or park or somewhere beautiful. If it’s too cold out, have the picnic in your living room or bedroom…
5. An Evening with Whipped Cream - Need I say more?
6. Feed each other blind-folded. Not blind folded at the same time! Take turns feeding strawberries dipped in quality chocolate and other smooth aphrodisiacs to your blind folded partner. Savor every moment…
7. Read an erotic story to each other - Ok, it doesn’t have to be erotic; it can be a romantic, light story or whatever you’re in the mood for. Your goal is to spend focused, quality time with your mate.
8. Paint each other - Find edible or at least non-toxic body paints, strip down and paint each other! Fun!
April 1st, 2008 at 1:10 am
Just to add to the list, a few of my favorites:
- Go for a walk, especially along the ocean or in the forest. Moonlight, dawn, and dusk are perfect times.
- Have a pillow fight! There is a saying, “Couples that play together stay together,” and I’ve found that having the playful element in my relationship has been invaluable.
- Listen to music together. I can recall many nights my wife (then gf) spent time just listening to music together, sometimes sharing a glass of wine. In fact, there was one night when we were on the phone and I played a song loud enough for her to be able to hear it… that song eventually became “our” song, and we even played it for our first dance at our wedding.
Chris Cade
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