Dates do not have to be elaborate or expensive.  The important thing is to regularly take time out of your busy schedules and spend time together as a couple. The list is adapted from a Focus on the Family Article.

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1. Write the story of how you met. Get it printed and bound.
2. List your spouse’s best qualities in alphabetic order.
3. Tour a museum or art gallery.
4. Take a stroll around the block – hold hands as you walk.
5. Spend a night together at the Hermitage Chalet at Our Lady of Grace Retreat Center at Manhasset.
6. Give your spouse a back rub.
7. Rent a classic love story video, microwave some popcorn and watch the video while cuddling.
8. Take a shower together.
9. Go swimming in the middle of the night (even if it is only 3 feet deep!)
10. Write a poem for your spouse.
11. Remember to look in your spouse’s eyes as he/she tells you about the day.
12. Walk the mall together with the goal of not to buy, but to test perfume and cologne along the way.
13. Hug your spouse from behind and give him/her a kiss on the back of the neck.
14. Stop in the middle of your busy day and talk to your spouse for 15 minutes.
15. Do something your spouse loves to do, even though it doesn’t interest you personally.
16. Instead of riding the 7 train through Queens do the route on foot together tasting from all the ethnic eateries along the way.
17. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge (the view is awesome) and picnic on either side.
18. Take a boat cruise around the city. The Riptide in the Bronx is no frills. You bring dinner. For more search NYC cruises.
19. Take a walk along the Jones Beach boardwalk.
20. Learn a new activity together.
21. Send your spouse a love letter.
22. Build a snowman together.
23. Watch a sunrise or sunset together.
24. Sit on the same side of a restaurant booth.
25. Picnic by a pond
26. Give your mate a foot massage.
27. Put together a puzzle on a rainy evening.
28. Take a bike ride on one of the NYC bike paths. Local bike stores usually have bike maps.
29. On a hot summer day, wash the car together, with the intent of splashing each other with water.
30. Whisper something romantic to your spouse in a crowded room.
31. Have a candlelight picnic in the back yard.
32. Perfume the bedsheets.
33. Serve breakfast in bed.
34. Reminisce through old photo albums
35. Have coffee together at a coffee shop.
36. Share a milkshake with two straws.
37. Kiss in the rain.
38. Brush his/her hair.
39. Ride the merry-go-round together at Flushing Meadow Park.
40. Dedicate a song to him/her over the radio.
41. On your anniversary, renew your wedding vows with family and friends.
42. Have a hot bubble bath ready for him/her at the end of a long day.
43. Buy new satin sheets.
44. Tenderly touch your spouse as you pass one another around the house.
45. Reminisce about your first date.
46. Plant a tree together in honor of your marriage.
47. Raid the kids’ toy chest and go kite flying.
48. Attend a sporting event you’ve never been to together.
49. Take time to think about him/her during the day, then share those thoughts.
50. Create your own special holiday.