What to do?

My husband I do a date during the day. I make a cold tuna pasta, some sandwiches, maybe some cookies or brownies. Then I pack it up, we take a ride in the country or go to a near by park or wayside. Or when we are hungry we pull over and eat. It is a nice time to look around the park or where ever we are while eating, plus we chat as well. It is nice and relaxing and there is no set schedule. Plus I just use food I have at home. The pasta salad can be made with out meat or can be made with chicken, ham, whatever you like. You can find a picnic table somewhere or bring a long a blanket to sit on, then just sit back or lay back and relax. Hope you have some great answers that will help you have wonderful dates.

In my opinion no need for a date to be expensive. The important for a date is what inside of each person going into a date...

Do you have a Shakespeare in the Park near you? I don't know where you live so it might be too cold for you guys.

i am the queen of inexpensive lol! go to the library and get a movie; hit the book store (the kind where you can read books there) and get a coffee afterwards; bundle up and go for a walk or go skating. think outside of the box.

hi friend, just go for a long walk in the moon light night by holding each others hand. As i understand from other responses that you don't have much time and look after the kids, so the time when the kids are asleep for a while. Even your husband's favorite food for a candle light dinner at home can also be worked out. Wish you get many ideas here and you enjoy not one date but many dates with your beloved.

Go to a park or beach at night time it's nice and quite and not many people there. You can bring food from home. We go walking around places on date night for me and my husband.

I like making a surprises, you can call your husband for dating, he will make the same in the next time, going out side, away from home and your normal day work. walking around, make some light meals and sitting together in a public park, you find a lot of lovers chairing your happiness, specially your marriage day, and/or your birthday. you can remember your dating before marriage, when you went together to the cinema, talking a lovely words " i be sure that love words expense nothing, and has a magic affects " My best regards to you and your husband.

THat's a tough question to try to answer when even going to a movie is getting expensive. How about a stroll through a mall with ice cream treats at the end.....or a walk in the park with foo foo coffee to finish off the evening. I know how very hard it must be as everything is getting to cost so very much! Good luck!

picnics are always my favorite. they cost barely anything(youve gotta eat anyway right?) and even in the worse winter weather when being outside is nigh impossible.. you can always find a spot on the floor in yer own livingroom.

Well... What's your idea of romantic? Does it have to involve going out? A lotta times me & my girlfriend will sit in front of the fire place with cup of coffee & just talk... Sometimes we'll move the furnitures around in the living room & put a music on, dance around... Candle lit dinner, candle lit bath... Weather is getting colder so it may not be a good idea but just laying down in back yard looking up at the stars & telling each other why you guys married each other... I don't know, stuff like that...

Watching a romantic movie eg Shakespeare in Love. It is a good movie.

I think a picnic in the park would be affordable and you could pretty much get everything at the grocery store for cheap, even cheaper if you find the coupons online. I'm not sure where you live, but if you have a down town section of your town that's decorated for Christmas, you could take a walk through it and then grab a quick dinner together. Or you could drive somewhere out in the middle of no where and watch the stars. All you would need is a blanket to lay on.

Hi LovingMyBabies, Just about everything costs money, but the thing is to do something in a range that you can afford. What about making a night of it... get a sitter for the babies, and get out... for dinner and dancing.. or some other type of evening. I'm thinking of some real grown up time that you don't ever have the time to do. Maybe get a hotel room and order room service and just enjoy the night out and then come back to the hotel and have a romantic night together. It might cost $100 for the hotel.. but you can find cheaper... like Days Inn or whatever. A nice place. Or if you aren't into dancing, you might go out to a great movie out.. and then go off and do some things that interest you that you haven't done in a long time. I used to be a nanny and the the mom and dad would get out for date weekends.. they had a doctor friend who lent them his condo in Florida. All they had to do was drive, pay for the food they put in the fridge. They would stay for a few days at a time. So if you know anyone that has a timeshare or something, you might be able to 'borrow' a vacation place.

I would suggest a place you would go before you were married. Just for the feeling of nostalgia and that fresh love that you guys had. Like a cafe, restaurant or a park. Or it maybe a place where you guys first met. It can be an awesome-ly romantic thing to do.

What did you do as you just met? Always went out? Never had that sneaking out date after an unexpected call? A cup of coffee, drink, walk in the park/dark, hanging around in the car, hugging or watching the sunset?