4 rules for keeping date night sexy
Hilarious blogger Heather Cocks of Go Fug Yourself has a few rules you should follow if you want to have a great date.
Call a one-night cease-fire
"I need you to clean the gutters!" is a real mood-killer. Put a cork in relationship drama--it'll keep.
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Don't fall down the Facebook foxhole
Leave your cell in the car and enjoy a meal, and some real face time, by the glow of candlelight, not a screen.
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Don't expect perfection
On our first date night after our twins were born, we popped a tire, waited in curl-wilting heat for a cab, and gobbled dinner through a thin layer of sweat. Romance? Not much, unless you count sitting in the tow-truck driver's lap. But we just laughed--sometimes bedlam itself can be fun.
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Let the babysitter earn her money
Once, my husband and I accidentally got home before our kids were asleep. Spending an hour confiscating makeshift golf clubs and hunting for broken glass erased the whole point of taking the night off.
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