Relationships May 11, 2017
Spending quality time with your SO is crucial to maintaining a healthy, long-lasting relationship.
And just in case you needed a reminder, sex isn’t the most important thing in a relationship. Yes it is important, but you should be doing other things with your partner too.
Of course, sometimes it’s hard to come up with fun couple activities that aren’t cliché. You know, like pizza and movie nights. While there’s nothing wrong with a little Netflix and chill, Reddit has a couple of suggestions for couples looking to change things up in their relationship.
“Here’s some my girlfriend and I do. I think we’re really dumb together, and I love it. IKEA date. Role play in each scenario. One of our best dates!”
“Play tag inside the house, but don’t trip him and have him smash his shoulder into a door frame which then sends him careening into the kitchen table, then into the wall. Sorry, Stan.
“Edit: But hey, together almost 25 years now.”
“Learn something new together. Whether it be a foreign language, how to make sushi, knit, paint, etc.
“Studies show that the feel good chemical is released when you are learning something new and when you learn with someone you subconsciously associate feeling good with that person. So, not only do you learn something new (which is a confidence builder in itself) you bond with your SO on a deeper level.”
“Conquer a fear together.
“For my husband and I we both had a deathly fear of white water rafting. It brings you closer together, teaches valuable communication skills, and is a memory you can cherish well into your old age.”
“Grab a few chairs, some blankets and a few pillows and build a fort/tent, and watch a couple of movies together or play board games. Guaranteed fun times and cuddles.”
“My husband and I have ‘river days’ maybe twice a summer, where we bring a box of wine and some snacks and sit on the banks of our city’s river and just drink and talk to each other all day.
“They’re one of the best parts of my whole summer.”
“The best thing my SO and I do together is make meals. We try to do this as often as possible. We turn on the music, pour ourselves a drink and get busy. We try new things, old favourites, and make sure we have delicious sides. It’s such an intimate and practical way to spend time together. We are both very busy people so we don’t always have time to do this, so it’s super special when we do.”
“An escape room! It provides a low-risk way to work together in a stressful situation, and see how the other handles uncertainty and time constraints. I highly recommend it as an early-ish date!”
“Go shopping at 3 a.m. There are a some 24 hour big box stores in our area, and a couple times we’ve wound up running errands in the wee hours. It’s surreal to drive through the dark, empty streets and arrive at a huge fluorescent oasis with no windows that feels exactly the same as it would at noon. You also get to see what other kinds of weirdos are doing their shopping at 3 a.m.”
“I haven’t seen it, but go star gazing/watch a meteor shower. It’s so quiet and romantic. A bit scary when you realize you’re in the middle of a field, in complete darkness.”
“Road trip somewhere 12+ hours. Bring a print out of questions to talk about as you go… Makes the ride go by fast as you learn more about your SO and you end up in a new place to explore!”
“Buy each other an outfit (without their input) and go out together.
“By ‘without their input’ I mean without them picking with you. I don’t mean pick out something that you like regardless of whether they like it or not.”
Pick a book both of you will enjoy, and alternate reading a chapter/set number of pages to each other each night. Sounds corny as hell, but it can really help the two of you bond.”
“Tickle fights until you’re both crying.”
“After almost three years of dating, my SO and I have watched disney or other animated movies almost exclusively. We also do puzzles together, glue them together and put the date we finished it on the back. Oh and thrift shopping.”
“My wife and I love tennis. We talk mad s––t to each other before we go play. It makes things super intense. Give it a whirl.”
“You can find fun in any activity, it’s not what you do, but how you do it.”
