Date Nights (& why they are important!)

I love date nights with my girlfriend. She and I will choose a spot, and if we are especially broke that week, we will try to take advantage of cheap movie nights at certain local theaters or very cheap happy hours! I've found one at a chain I love down the street from my home, and a super cheap one at this hookah lounge a few exits away. Bowling is also a cheap date idea! My girlfriend is a nursing student and reliant on the G.I. Bill and her job, and I have my job that honestly doesn't pay diddly squat (I love it doe), so at the moment we can't splurge as much unless we save/go out closer to payday.

The point of me explaining this is...even though we are not in our ideal, tip-top circumstances, we make it work! If we are so absolutely positively fucking broke, I love a dollar store trip. Broker than that? We just cook whatever we got at home, play some board games or paint/do crafts together, and watch Netflix/Hulu/insert-streaming-service-here. It's important to really spend time together outside of the bedroom and outside of us seeing each other at our work environments. As much as I want to jump her (hehehe...sorry not sorry) every second, I need to take time in the kitchen with her cooking, or in the living room, or doing yard work together...I really cherish those moments and we talk about so much and learn so much about each other!

I am so thankful I found my one and only. I am so grateful to have someone who loves me the way she does. I can only hope that every person gets to feel this sort of mutual love! She makes me feel like I can accomplish anything in life.

Date nights are important. Whether it's month 3, year 1.5, year 5, or year 45, I think I will always want/need occasional date nights. I need to go out with my babe, feel spoiled, feel like I'm in a damn movie, and eat food/dessert with the woman I love and get to stare at all night because she's the most beautiful human being in the whole world. Then, we get to go home and cuddle with the pups! Watch TV, kiss, do other tings (heh)...I love and cherish every date night. I truly believe they help rejuvenate our love life in a new way each time.

I hope y'all begin incorporating this into your lives! Swipey swipe. ;)

​--Jay-Z