How to Go on Dates

The root issue is really about priority. None of the issues we listed are insurmountable. They mostly point to a lack of priority and planning. It's hard to find the resources for anything last minute.

 

Here is the super-duper plan to always go on dates now and forever... or at least more often.

1. Do some pre-planning.  Surprise dates are nice, but realistically the basic format of a date can be predefined. A walk down the boardwalk, shopping games, or even the old standby dinner and a movie. Make a list of date ideas and just pick one whenever it's date planning time. We can even go so far as to put an approximate price tag on each one so that we know how much to budget.
2. Babysitting can be arranged. It would be nice if we had a bigger babysitter pool though. We haven't done a lot of searching however, so we need to put out feelers with our friends with little kids to see who sits on their kids. And if we do the planning a week or two in advance that makes it all work better too.
3. We may be busy, but we aren't THAT busy. We just need to decide that it is important and do it.

The key is to do the planning at a point where it isn't stressful (not the day before) and put enough of a framework in place so that when it comes to making the arrangements it is as easy a possible.

Now it's time to do!

P.S. First one is a movie date (Star Wars!)