The Date Night

Tonight my girl and I will be curling up in front of “A Good Year” on our beanbags in the basement. We try to go out on a date every week, though this week we are staying in. It’s funny… when I get together with some of my club-mates and tell them I have a date, they look shocked and ask “does your wife know?”.

Tonight my girl and I will be curling up in front of “A Good Year” on our beanbags in the basement. We try to go out on a date every week, though this week we are staying in. It’s funny… when I get together with some of my club-mates and tell them I have a date, they look shocked and ask “does your wife know?”.

Things we’ve done together that I can recall off-hand:

  • Climbed the rock wall at the local entertainment center.
  • Played air hockey.
  • Gone bowling.
  • Dinner & a movie… time-honored favorite.
  • Had ‘game night’ at the home of another couple.
  • Went to the Desert Star Cabaret Theater and watched a live performance by some hilarious actors with good friends.
  • Gone to the drive-in. If you take your kids, does it really count as a date?
  • Gone for long walks. Haven’t done this in a while.
  • Went to a resort.

Most of our dates are things we can do in 3 hours or less. With a busy family, shuttling kids around, and arranging sitting, it takes a lot of planning to do much more than that. What are your favorite things to do on date night with your significant other these days?

3 thoughts on “The Date Night”

  1. DIE HARD

    We just had our date.. Die hard 4. AND – you can take your wife. PG-13!!

    Tomorrow its off to the beach.. but with Liam in tow.

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    1. Sweet!

      Sweet! I didn’t realize DH4 had already hit theaters. I’ll have to break out the following supplies and tuck them in the pocket for the trip:

      * Broken glass for the floor, and a pair of tweezers to pluck them out once I run across them barefoot with guns blazing. * A combination for the massive security door abounding in your average high-rise. Really, I’d rather just give them the combination than have terrorists use my brains to paint a Picasso imitation on the door. * A lighter so that I can send that jumbo-jet up in flames because it was trailing fuel on the runway. * Some medical tape to strap my sidearm to my broken ribs. * A cell phone so that I can chat with my estranged wife while taking down bad guys one by one. * A banana and some chips so I can make friends with your local overweight police officer when the fit hits the shan. I can’t rely on my winning personality, you know… but food ALWAYS works!

      —
      Matthew P. Barnson

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