5 Date Night In Ideas With Your Significant Other

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Going out wit your boo is great, but staying in can be just as great. Staying in, however, to spend time with each other is absolutely different from staying in because you need to catch up with work, or because you don’t want to be tortured by going out with him/her. I have met and heard about couples who don’t necessarily want to spend all day with each other, and as long as that works for them, I don’t see anything wrong with that. However, for me and Igwe, we spend a lot of time together [we both work from home a lot], and we never get bored. No, we do not stay home and profess undying love twenty-four seven. But basically, being in the company of each other for most or all of the day does not set us off.

That being said, we do love going out, too. But if you are like us – if you stay home a lot – it might be hard to come up with creative ways to stay home without feeling stuck and bored and riddled with monotony. Not to worry, I have some ideas:

1. Have a TV show together [then stay home and watch it together]: Or have several shows together. This may sound simple, but not every couple likes the same shows. If you already love the same shows, great. But if not, commit to “meeting” each other’s shows. For example, I introduced Igwe to Game of Thrones and Scandal. He, in turn, has introduced me to Banshee and Big Bang Theory and has made me a sports watcher. I even follow ESPN on Twitter. And yesterday we watched our first episode of Sex Box on WEtv. Yes!

2. Clean the house: It’s 2015 and women are no longer the only ones relegated to house chores. Sometimes we stay home and enjoy cleaning our little space. I clean the bathroom and he vacuums the entire house. I do the laundry and he helps me carry it to and from the laundry room – more like laundry corner. I don’t let him put the clothes away because he doesn’t know how to do it like me. He washes the dishes and I sit on the deep freezer and chat with him. The work goes faster.

3. Cook something yummy: I do most of the cooking. But Igwe helps me do other things, like steal half the meat from the pot.

4. Have a family meeting: Yes, we literally call it a family meeting. Either that or a “State of the Union” meeting. We have a notebook where we write down plans and deadlines. There’s an incredible feeling you get from seeing your plans written down on paper in your own writing —- and then getting to review them months or weeks later. It. Is. Amazing.

5. Rent movies: It could be from Redbox or OnDemand. And if you’re subscribed to premium channels, you can watch all their movies for free, too. The options are limitless, and you don’t have to go deep into your pocket.

Each and every one of these things will help you bond with your spouse, but more importantly, I have learned that a good marriage and a good relationship in general does not just happen or fall on your laps. You have to constantly and actively work for it.

And that’s what The Sex Box is all about. It has three experts: Dr. Chris Donaghue (Sexologist and Clinical Psychotherapistl), Dr. Fran Walfish (Relationship Psychotherapist), and Dr. Yvonne Capehart (Pastor and Couples Counselor). Couples with intimacy issues come on the show and speak to the experts about their issues.

The experts, of course, try to help them get to solutions that they’ll both agree on. Then they go into the sound proof sex box to have sex. No one knows what happens in there. Then they come out wearing comfy robes and slippers. Why? It’s been scientifically proven that endorphines and oxytocin are highest in the body in the first 15 minutes after sex, which makes them more honest and open to discussing the real cause of the problem(s).