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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Dates Don’t Need to be Expensive

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

What if some of the best date nights didn't cost money? Jim Daly talks with Jay and Laura Laffoon about how you can have a wonderful date with your spouse for not much money. Also, John asks Greg and Erin how they're learning to still have dates together, in a season with grown adult children.

 

 

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0:00.0

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0:03.3

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0:12.4

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0:14.7

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0:16.3

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0:23.3

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0:31.0

It's easy to think that in your marriage you've got to do some big memorable date.

0:40.1

You know, romantic weekend.

0:41.9

It's at a very exclusive place.

0:44.5

It's going to be the big bucks.

0:46.7

But date night doesn't have to cost a lot.

0:49.0

And we're going to be encouraged today by Jay and Laura LaFoon.

0:52.6

I'm John Fuller, joined by Greg and Aaron Smalley,

0:55.0

and they lead our marriage department here at the ministry. Jay and Laura LaFoon spoke to focus

0:59.8

on the family president, Jim Daly, on his show, and they had some great, free date night activities

1:06.1

you can try. You know, sometimes the simplest things speak the most. My wife's love language is quality time.

1:14.0

And so anytime, especially when we had kids, if I could arrange for the kids to be either at

1:20.4

friend's house or grandma and grandpa's house, and it's just the two of us, you know, we would

1:25.4

snuggle in front of the fire. Now, again, true confession, we do not

1:28.8

have a real fireplace, but we have a thing that resembles a fire. And I also know that on

1:34.7

Netflix, you can get a fire on your TV. And it even crackles. It does. But just, you know,

1:40.3

sitting there with no intention other than to be with her and to, you know, talk about what she

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