If you’re looking for romantic things to do with your husband, I’ve got you covered. I’ve been married for almost 20 years now, so I feel like I have the romance “thing” covered. I wanted to share today with you a list of 80 things that you could do with your husband.
80 Romantic Things To Do With your Husband
I’m someone who loves happily ever afters and reading romance novels. I always have ideas in my head for us to do. I love being able to do romantic things with my husband because it’s important for our love to stay alive and fresh. I always love to think back to when we were “kids” and in love. We’re college sweethearts and it’s never lost on me that we have a long love because we started as young love.
When you first start to date, the romance is in full effect. Whether married couples have been together for a year or one hundred years, love is love. Remember that feeling you had on your first date? It’s a great idea to bring that feeling back as much as you can. It’s important to try to come up with the most lovey-dovey things to do with each other and it’s fun and romantic and special.
To keep the marriage strong, it’s important to do romantic things with your husband (spouse). Every marriage is founded on love. And we all know nothing feels better than having a sense of purpose in someone else’s life. But when couples don’t invest time into their relationships, feelings for each other die down leaving them wondering whether or not they should just call it quits. However, if you nurture your relationship by doing simple romantic things for each other, you could keep it thriving until the last day of your life.
Fun Things To Do with your Husband
When you get married and start a family, life starts to become a little busy. All of a sudden you’re working around work schedules and kid schedules! Time becomes a little difficult.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized more and more that the most romantic things to do with my husband are sometimes the most basic because it’s just time spent together. It’s walking around the block (you’ll see that one below!). It’s just basic things that are romantic for me. It’s just being together and loving the fact that we can be together.
It’s cooking together and talking (you’ll see that one below!). It’s driving and just holding hands (you’ll see that one below!). I’ve come to realize that the most important and romantic things are the ones that bring you together. We all have different kinds of love languages with our spouses, but we all know what works best for ourselves.
It’s just coming up with romantic things to do with your husband that are special. That’s the secret. Home date nights seemed to be what we did the most when the kids were young because that’s all we could fit in without a babysitter.
I know not everything below will work for everyone. I just wanted to jot down 80 romantic things to do with your husband as thought starters. I feel like we all have the “things” that we love to do! Romance doesn’t mean writing love letters or singing a beautiful song to your husband. It’s about quality time together that means something, even if it’s watching TV in your living room. It’s the little things that add up. Just schedule in those regular date nights, it’s important.
Maybe it’s heading on your motorcycle for the afternoon. Maybe it’s heading out on your canoe. Maybe it’s a game night. Maybe it’s cooking your favorite foods. Maybe it’s trying a new skill. It’s different for everyone and that’s what makes love so special, there’s not one relationship that’s the same. It’s bringing in new experiences or classic ones that mean the most. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been together a long time, have some romance top of mind with each other.
What To Do with your Spouse
80 Romantic Things To Do with your Husband (these are not in any particular order). Just find some of your favorite things to do as a couple.
Bike ride – around the block or out and about! It’s always a great time to get your body moving but do something together.
Head to your local pool and swim together. Whether you’re lap swimming or just have fun in the pool, this is a fun one for you to do.
Put the kids extra early to bed and just be together. This is probably the easiest one of all to do together.
Cook together – each taking turns with parts of the recipe. Cook your favorite meal. It’s a fun way to connect and be together.
Visit a botanical garden. These are so beautiful to visit and explore.
Go to the gym together – I love looking at Matt across the gym, something very comforting about it
Playing croquet – one of my all-time favorite games to play in the backyard
Match socks together – believe it or not, this can be nice to just sit and chat while doing this mindless chore
Head to the movies. Sneak in some of your own snacks that you love. Great way to avoid that additional cost of movie candy and popcorn!
Plant a garden – my husband’s favorite and dream
Go see a play at a local theatre
Create a plan for the future together – this can be romantic when you dream big dreams. You could even put together a family tree.
Paint a room in your house that you’ve been meaning to re-do
Shopping for something new for you and for him
Fancy dinner out. Call your favorite restaurant and make a reservation for a nice dinner.
Scrabble. There’s always time for a game of scrabble (or any board game!).
Head to a vineyard and enjoy a wine tasting. This is something I’ve been wanting to do with my husband forever and we just haven’t gotten around to it.
Visit friends you’ve known forever together. Add a level to this romantic date by bringing in a romantic surprise. Maybe it’s someone you haven’t seen in forever, or maybe you surprise your spouse with a friend couple coming.
Head to a local brewery. The cool thing about a brewery is that there are different rooms with different ales and brews. Great place to explore and have fun.
Long walk around the block – even with the kids if you have to. These are easy ways to still be together, but also enjoy each other’s company. It’s a good thing when the kids are little to know that your date nights might (always) be crashed.
Picnic on the beach. Include a little love note inside the basket as a surprise!
When the kids are in bed, steal the Wii
A game of tennis
Watch the sunset and enjoy a little time down memory lane together.
Put together a puzzle. It’s simple things like this that are fun to do and go a long way. Just sit and laugh and work together on something.
Read a book together – I know… I know… but it can be romantic
Put together photo albums of your family
Enjoy an evening outside in your backyard, just sitting and talking
Cooking class together
Yoga class together
Visit a national park
Head to a coffee shop and chill out
Snowball fight or just play in the snow together
Day trip to a special location nearby – for us it would be Newport or Cape Cod. Maybe it’s a special day for the two of you and you want to sneak away somewhere local, but a place you don’t get to too often.
Find a band you both like and see if they’re playing anytime soon or nearby. If not, head to a local bar that plays music.
Dance lessons together
Try Ice skating together
Baseball game together – Major or Minor league
Check out a local museum
Sign up for a dance class. You’ll never know how much fun you’ll have till you try.
Bowling! Add to the fun by finding a rock and bowl night!
House hunting or just drive around looking at “dream” houses
Head to the zoo (you don’t always have to be with the kids!)
Fishing – something my husband loves trying to get me to do
Sledding fun
Canoe ride
Bake together
Rollerblading – we used to do this all the time!
Scavenger Hunt. This is a special and romantic thing to do. Try to come up with the first thing you ever did together and start from there. Make it magical and memorable for each other as you play.
Create a vegetable garden – something we just did at our home
Learn how to play Call of Duty on XBOX OR another gaming thing. Video games can be a great way to bond and be romantic for many.
Kayaking together
Couple massages
Make dinner together
Run a 5K, 10K, 1/2 marathon, marathon together
Volunteer together somewhere special
Create videos for your blog together – if you’re a blogger!
Whale watching
Mini golfing
Real golfing
Play basketball together (or teach her how to play)
Head to the beach and collect sea glass or shells
Monopoly
Recreate your very first date
Dance in the kitchen when the kids are in bed. I love romantic ideas like this because it’s something most couples are dream about doing, but never actually get the chance to do.
Head to a flea market
Sit by the fire and enjoy the free time
Leave love notes around the house for fun
Go camping (Matt would have to pay me)
Create a vision board of goals and dreams you both have for your lives ahead
Hold hands together whenever you have a chance
Bubble bath time
Head to a spa together
Head out on your motorcycle
Watch the stars at night together
Visit a planetarium
Binge-watch some of your favorite shows together
Attend an art opening or go to an art gallery
Try a new restaurant that just opened up near you
Adopt a whale together
Head out on your boat (or a friend’s!)
Breakfast in bed
24 hour no technology day together
Foot massage is always a good idea
Couples Massage
Make ice cream sundaes at home. You can have some fun like this in the comfort of your own home
Walkthrough a local park
Watch your wedding video together. Bring yourself back to your wedding day and watch the smiles on your faces.
Skiing adventure
Book a hotel room and have loads of fun away for the night. Wear some (I’m going to say it!) sexy lingerie and just relax. Maybe take a hot tub with essential oils. Enjoy and let loose a little bit without the kids around.
Carriage ride
Sports game. Depending on what season it is maybe you’re into football, baseball, hockey, tennis, basketball, golf. There’s always some sort of sports thing going on. If you’re a sporty couple, do something like this.
Hope you like these ideas! Coming up with some of the best romantic date ideas is a piece of cake when you have a list in front of you helping you out. There are so many different ways to be romantic for your husband. One thing that might be a nice tough is to end each special date night with a sweet note. It’s about just having a lot of fun together. The best advice I got from a married friend when we got married was to always make time for each other. I’m also sharing 101 Thing To Do on Valentine’s Day with your Love.
We all have our own love story and it’s fun to always get a fresh take on your relationship. Don’t just wait for your wedding anniversary to do something romantic. Do sweet things as much as you can for each other. Always have some fun home date night ideas on reserve, too. They take very little effort but go a long way
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