Do Couples Really Need Date Nights to Stay Happy?

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:28.5	Forget about this nonsense of date nights.
0:32.6	I think it's nonsense.
0:34.0	I always thought it was nonsense.
0:36.8	Once a week, we're going to go out to dinner,
0:39.5	get a babysitter, whatever, get a dog sitter, get a cat sitter. Once a week, we're going to go
0:43.6	to dinner, dress up, sit in a restaurant, pay too much. The tips are now getting out of control,
0:50.9	and we're supposed to feel better about each other and our marriage.
0:59.0	Poppy cock.
0:59.8	Nonsense.
1:02.1	I mean, it's nice if you want to do that.
1:03.7	I really don't care, but it's not really going to make that much of a difference.
1:16.0	So I read this article by accident by Abby Watts in iMOM.com. Get a lot of cute things from iMOM.com. And she's nicer than me about
1:25.8	date nights. She makes it, yeah, it's nice if you can do it, but, you know,
1:30.4	a lot of people don't even think about things like that because they think, oh, my marriage is
1:37.5	solid. I think we're fine. No, no, no, no. Maybe you're on a budget. Maybe you have a child with special needs.
1:51.5	Maybe you and your husband work opposite shifts. Maybe date nights aren't really that
1:57.9	feasible. So what do we do? She has a cute thing here. She said, my friend
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