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HERself

344: How Often Should We Be Dating Our Spouse?

HERself

Abby and Amy

Real, Health & Fitness, Vulnerable, Comparison, Honest, Purpose, Self-improvement, Best Self, Grow, Opportunity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Education, Mental Health, Future

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to dating your spouse, how often should you actually be going on dates? We started asking ourselves that question and quickly realized the answer depends on your relationship, your season of life, and what helps you feel connected. We share how our own approaches to dating have evolved over the years, from weekly nights out to low effort basement dates and small moments of connection throughout the week. We also dive into the research on dating your spouse, debate what actually ...

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0:00.0

I think that it really matters how you and your partner feel. So one of you could feel very disconnected.

0:08.1

Like I don't feel close to you. Like I feel like we haven't connected in a long time. And the other person could be like every weekend we're with our friends. Like we're together. We're having fun. You know. And you two are just off on what you need from each other.

0:22.8

The other person is saying, like, I need your individual attention. Like, you're great in a group

0:27.3

setting. I want you to pay attention to me. And I want to do things that we like to do together.

0:38.4

I'm Amy. And I'm Amy.

0:40.0

And I'm Abby.

0:41.6

And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

0:45.7

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

0:49.1

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow

0:53.8

with a purpose.

0:54.5

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

1:01.1

Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

1:18.5

Today our episode is going to be all about dates and how often we should be dating our long-term partners.

1:23.6

The reason that this came up is because Drew and I were going on a date last week.

1:26.3

And I was telling Abby, you know what?

1:31.2

Honestly, we have just not been going on dates. We haven't been prioritizing them. Like we used to have a rule for ourselves when our kids were younger that we

1:36.5

would go on one date a month. That was our standard for ourselves. And we would really try to be

1:42.0

thoughtful and plan that out. Now where we are in our

1:45.7

lives, it just, you know, we don't, we don't think about it as much. We don't plan it as much.

1:52.5

And we'll get into that later. But I have some thoughts on like why that is and why it is actually

1:58.7

working for us. But we thought this was a really interesting conversation.

2:03.3

We took it to Instagram and we learned that, I mean, the majority of the people were in my shoes.

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